by Image Entertainment
Sales Rank: 66803
Price: $22.49
D.W. Griffith's 1920 masterpiece has been restored to it's original full length with color tinting. Based on a popular 19th century play, "Way Down East" is a poignant melodrama about a poor country girl who is tricked into a fake marriage and has an illegitimate child who dies. After starting a new life, her past is exposed and she is evicted into a raging blizzard, pursued by the young man who secretly loves her.
Viewer Reviews 2.5 stars. I have no idea how I ended up watching this movie. Overall, the soundtrack was distracting that I literally ended up muting the movie and just reading the placards. It may it a little better. The storyline is an old standard but it's the movie dramatic ice floe scene that is what made this so memorable and squeezed out a 1/2 star from me. This is and feels longs--especially for a silent film. If you're just curious about this as a classic then check it out, if not let it float on by.
