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Way down east : a simple story of a plain people / under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by Anthony Paul Kelly.

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Parker, Lottie Blair. Way down east, author.
Contributor:
Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948, director.
Kelly, Anthony P. (Anthony Paul), 1897-1932, screenwriter.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, actor.
Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963, actor.
Sherman, Lowell, 1888-1934, actor.
Grismer, Joseph Rhode, 1849-1922, adapter.
Brady, William A., 1863-1950, adapter.
Silvers, Louis, 1889-1954, composer.
Image Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Parker, Lottie Blair--Film adaptations.
Parker, Lottie Blair.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (146 min.) : silent, color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Title:
Title on container: David Wark Griffith presents Way Down East
Place of Publication:
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [1998]
Language Note:
English intertitles.
System Details:
DVD; Dolby digital mono.
digital
optical
mono
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Melodrama about a young woman who is lured into a fake marriage, becomes pregnant and is abandoned. She moves to a small town and falls in love with a wealthy but humble man, but cannot escape her scandalous past.
Participant:
Lillian Gish, Richard Bathelmess, Lowell Sherman.
Credits:
Cinematography, G.W. Bitzer and Hendrick Sartov; original musical score, Louis Silvers.
Notes:
Silent film with musical accompaniment "performed by full orchestra and recorded on Vitaphone discs in 1928." -- Container.
Based on the play by Lottie Blair Parker, as adapted by William A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer.
Some credits from disc container.
Videodisc release of the silent motion picture produced in 1920.
OCLC:
148824142
Publisher Number:
014381467727
ID4677DSDVD Image Entertainment

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