Way Down East (1935 film)

Way Down East is a 1935 romantic drama film directed by Henry King, starring Rochelle Hudson and Henry Fonda, featuring Slim Summerville, Margaret Hamilton, Andy Devine and Spring Byington, released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox Film.

The picture is a remake of the classic 1920 D. W. Griffith silent film Way Down East starring Lillian Gish, which in turn was based on the 1897 stage play by Lottie Blair Parker.

Plot summary

The story centers upon a starving, impoverished gamin who lost everything after a wicked millionaire tricked her into a marriage and impregnated her. The baby doesn't survive the ordeal and the poor girl ends up sheltered by a puritanical farm family. While there, she falls in love with the son.^[1]

Cast

• Rochelle Hudson as Anna Moore
• Henry Fonda as David Bartlett
• Slim Summerville as Constable Seth Holcomb
• Edward Trevor as Lennox Sanderson
• Margaret Hamilton as Martha Perkins
• Russell Simpson as Squire Amasa Bartlett
• Andy Devine as Hi Holler
• Spring Byington as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
• Astrid Allwyn as Kate
• Sara Haden as Cordelia Peabody
• Al Lydell as Hank Woolwine
• Harry C. Bradley as Mr. Peabody
• Phil La Toska as Abner
• Clem Bevans as Doc Wiggin
• Kay Hammond as Mrs. Emma Stackpole

References

External links

• Way Down East in the Internet Movie Database
• Way Down East at AllMovie
• Way Down East at the TCM Movie Database
• Way Down East at the American Film Institute Catalog