Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Way Down East (1920)

Silents are Golden: A Closer Look at – Way Down East (1920) One of the most influential early directors of all time was D.W. Griffith, who rose to acclaim for the excellent short dramas he directed for Biograph and went on to create some of the biggest features of the 1910s. Controversial today... Read full article

Silent Movie Trivia #9: Way Down East (1920)

By Fritzi Kramer on October 25, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Trivia Click to view in lightbox This time, we are going to be looking at trivia from a very famous film, Way Down East. Most of us know the story already. D.W. Griffith paid out an enormous sum for the movie rights to one of the corniest pl... Read full article

Fun Size Review: Way Down East (1920)

The ice flows, the sequel to the dramatic blizzard. Director D.W. Griffith took a creaky melodrama and… kept it creaky! Lillian Gish is used and tossed aside by a rich creep. She stumbles onto Richard Barthelmess’s farm, where the whole family embraces her with open arms. Then said rich... Read full article

Way Down East (1920) A Silent Film Review

Lillian Gish plays Anna, a country girl seduced and abandoned by a rich cad. The resulting baby dies and Anna is alone in the world. She meets the kindly Bartlett family and it seems that her life is taking a turn for the better… that is until her past is exposed. The story of making Way Down... Read full article

Inocente Pecadora / Way Down East (1920)

Inocente Pecadora / Way Down East (1920) Um melodrama singular dirigido por D. W. Griffith e estrelado por sua musa e constante colaboradora Lillian Gish, “Inocente Pecadora” ("As Duas Tormentas" em Portugal) , com seus 145 minutos, embora com o subtítulo de "uma história simples ... Read full article