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.

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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.

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