72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Way Down East

Henry King
USA
Synopsis
Anna, a poor girl, loses everything when she?s tricked by a malicious millionaire into believing that he wants to marry her. The man leaves her pregnant and she has a baby that dies soon after birth. Taken in by a family of puritanical farmers, she falls in love with their son, David. However, the family throw her off the farm on learning about her past. Trying to cross a frozen river, the ice breaks and she starts drifting towards a deadly waterfall.
Director
Henry King
Screenplay
Howard Estabrook, William Hurtbut, Al Lydell
Photography
Ernest Palmer
Edition
Robert Bischoff
Music
D. Bryant
Cast
Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Russell Simpson, Spring Byington
Running Time
80 m.
Country
USA
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