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

Way Down East
Directed by	Henry King
Written by	Henry Johnson Patterson McNutt
Screenplay by	Howard Estabrook William Hurlbut
Based on	Way Down East 1897 play by Lottie Blair Parker
Produced by	Winfield Sheehan
Starring	Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Edited by	Robert Bischoff
Music by	Oscar Bradley
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 16, 1935 (1935-10-16)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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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
• Tom London as Choir Singer (uncredited)

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

На других языках

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- [en] Way Down East (1935 film)

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[ru] Путь вниз на восток

«Путь вниз на восток» (англ. Way Down East ) — американский чёрно-белый художественный фильм режиссёра Генри Кинга, снятый в 1935 году на студии Fox Film Corporation по мотивам пьесы Шарлотты Блэр Паркер.

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