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# Way Down East (1920): cast and crew

23 cast and 24 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Lillian Gish](https://film.one/person/lillian-gish.md) as Anna Moore
- [Richard Barthelmess](https://film.one/person/richard-barthelmess.md) as David Bartlett
- [Lowell Sherman](https://film.one/person/lowell-sherman.md) as Lennox Sanderson
- [Burr McIntosh](https://film.one/person/burr-mcintosh.md) as Squire Bartlett
- [Kate Bruce](https://film.one/person/kate-bruce.md) as Mother Bartlett
- [Mrs. David Landau](https://film.one/person/mrs-david-landau.md) as Anna Moore's Mother
- [Josephine Bernard](https://film.one/person/josephine-bernard.md) as Mrs. Emma Tremont
- [Mrs. Morgan Belmont](https://film.one/person/mrs-morgan-belmont.md) as Diana Tremont
- [Patricia Fruen](https://film.one/person/patricia-fruen.md) as Diana's Sister
- [Florence Short](https://film.one/person/florence-short.md) as The Eccentric Aunt
- [Vivia Ogden](https://film.one/person/vivia-ogden.md) as Martha Perkins
- [Porter Strong](https://film.one/person/porter-strong.md) as Seth Holcomb
- George Neville as Constable Rube Whipple
- Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler
- Mary Hay as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece
- [Creighton Hale](https://film.one/person/creighton-hale.md) as Professor Sterling
- Emily Fitzroy as Maria Poole - Landlady
- Carol Dempster as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
- Louise Lawson as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Athole Shearer as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
- Edith Shearer as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
- [Norma Shearer](https://film.one/person/norma-shearer.md) as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
- Frank Walsh as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

## Directing

- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Director
- Herbert Sutch: Assistant Director
- Frank Walsh: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Anthony Paul Kelly](https://film.one/person/anthony-paul-kelly.md): Writer
- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Writer
- Joseph R. Grismer: Theatre Play
- Lottie Blair Parker: Theatre Play

## Production

- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Billy Bitzer](https://film.one/person/billy-bitzer.md): Director of Photography
- [Paul H. Allen](https://film.one/person/paul-h-allen.md): Director of Photography
- [Charles Downs](https://film.one/person/charles-downs.md): Director of Photography
- [Hendrik Sartov](https://film.one/person/hendrik-sartov.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [James Smith](https://film.one/person/james-smith-8821.md): Editor
- [Rose Smith](https://film.one/person/rose-smith.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [William Frederick Peters](https://film.one/person/william-frederick-peters.md): Original Music Composer
- [Louis Silvers](https://film.one/person/louis-silvers.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- Clark Robinson: Set Designer
- Charles O. Seessel: Art Direction
- Clifford Pember: Art Direction

## Costume and make-up

- [O'Kane Conwell](https://film.one/person/okane-conwell.md): Costume Design
- [Lady Duff Gordon](https://film.one/person/lady-duff-gordon.md): Costume Design
- [Madame Lisette](https://film.one/person/madame-lisette.md): Costume Design
- [Henri Bendel](https://film.one/person/henri-bendel.md): Costume Design
- [Otto Kahn](https://film.one/person/otto-kahn.md): Costume Design

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