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Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writers:
William A. Brady (play)
Joseph R. Grismer (play)
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Release Date:
3 September 1920 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
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. full summary | add synopsis
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Gish brings it home more (38 total)

Cast

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Lillian Gish ... Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess ... David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman ... Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh ... Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce ... Mother Bartlett
Mary Hay ... Kate (the Squire's niece)
Creighton Hale ... The Professor
Emily Fitzroy ... Maria Poole (landlady)
Porter Strong ... Seth Holcomb
George Neville ... The Constable
Edgar Nelson ... Hi Holler
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Runtime:
145 min | Spain:165 min | USA:107 min (1931 re-release) | 126 min (Alpha Video)
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Portugal:M/6 (DVD rating) | Finland:S (1965)
Filming Locations:
Farmington, Connecticut, USA more
Company:
D.W. Griffith Productions more

Fun Stuff

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During the filming of the ice floe scenes, a fire had to be built underneath G.W. Bitzer's camera in order to keep it warm enough to run. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions (2002) (TV) more

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Gish brings it home, 12 October 2001
8/10
Author: Rainsford55 from Melbourne, Australia

Lillian Gish and fellow co-stars really bring home this great drama. It's interesting and exciting and wonderful to watch. Surely a legend of the 20th Century, Mr Griffith outdid himself with this successful film and Gish can only be praised for a great performance. Her pain and despair can be felt in the scene's where she realises she's been 'betrayed' and she nurses her child while he slips from this world. It's acting at it's finest for no words were necessary, it's all in 'the look'. Certainly 10 out of 10, but if I were to make one comment about this film in the negative, it would be it's length. Perhaps 15 to 20 minutes too long. Otherwise it's majestic.

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