Way down East a simple story of plain people

Way down East a simple story of plain people /

Impoverished Anna Moore lives in a New England village with her elderly mother. Anna sets out to petition her wealthy city-dwelling Aunt Emma for help. At Aunt Emma's Anna meets rich, idle, womanizer Lennox Sanderson, who uses a mock marriage to compel her surrender to his seduction. When Anna...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: D.W. Griffith, Inc, Blackhawk Films, Film Preservation Associates, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, Kelly, Anthony P. (Anthony Paul), 1897-1932, Shepard, David, Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963, Sherman, Lowell, 1888-1934, McIntosh, Burr, 1862-1942, Bruce, Kate, 1858-1946, Hay, Mary, 1901-1957, Hale, Creighton, 1882-1965, Fitzroy, Emily, 1860-1954, Strong, Porter, Neville, George, 1865-1932, Nelson, Edgar, 1882-1963, Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, Brady, William A., 1863-1950, Parker, Lottie Blair, Grismer, Joseph Rhode, 1849-1922
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [1998]
Series:Blackhawk Films collection.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Women > Conduct of life > Drama.
Women > New England > Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Women.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Item Description:
  • Based on the novel and Wm. A. Brady's play by Lottie Blair Parker, elaborated by Jos. R. Grismer.
  • Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1920.
  • Insert features an excerpt from "D. W. Griffith: An American Life" by Richard Schickel, 1984.
Local Note:
  • Faculty reserve.
  • Material for LHIS-223 (Miller).
Table of Contents:
  • Main Title: A remote village in New England
  • Anna arrives at Aunt Tremont's
  • Chapter II: Bartlett Village
  • Sanderson's proposal
  • Post Office has been robbed
  • Chapter IV: Anna's great secret
  • Anna in hiding
  • In search of work
  • Kate's homecoming
  • Part II
  • Her past revealed
  • At the Squire's
  • Neighbor's barn dance
  • Squire goes to Belden
  • Whole truth
  • Then the storm
  • Great ice-break
  • Happy ending.

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