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Way Down East

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A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1920-09-03

Runtime: 150 mins

Director: D.W. Griffith

Writer: Anthony Paul Kelly, D.W. Griffith

Spoken language: No Language

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: Way Down East

Production Companies: D.W. Griffith Productions

Production Countries: United States of America

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