Way Down East is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by Henry King and starring Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Margaret Hamilton, Andy Devine and Spring Byington. It was released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox Film Corporation.
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.
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Plot
A starving, impoverished gamin has lost everything after a wicked millionaire tricked her into a marriage and impregnated her. The baby does not 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
Tom London as Choir Singer (uncredited)