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5b1407 WAY DOWN EAST program 1920 D.W. Griffith, Lillian Gish in a simple story of plain people!

Date Sold 9/26/2023
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An Original Vintage Movie Program (measures 6" x 8 3/4" [15 x 22 cm]; 8 pages) (Learn More)

Way Down East, the classic 1920 D.W. Griffith silent innocent-girl-seduced-and-left-pregnant-and-abandoned melodrama ("A simple story of plain people"; "D.W. Griffith Presents a Magnificent Elaboration of Way Down East"; "Based on William A. Brady's famous play by Lottie Blair Parker"; about a young country girl who goes to visit her rich city relatives, and she is seduced and abandoned and left pregnant; she loses the baby and is left homeless, and is taken in by a religious farmer, who doesn't know her past; she falls in love with the farmer's son, and the farmer throws her out when he learns about her past, and she gets swept away while crossing an icy river, and the farmer's son rescues her, and the farmer learns her true story and forgives her) starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Josephine Bernard, and Norma Shearer (in an uncredited role). Note that the dramatic scene of Gish crossing the ice floes (one of the best remembered sequences in the history of film!) was filmed on a constructed set, but it was still dangerous to film, and the icy water caused damage to Gish's left hand that she had for the rest of her life! Also note that this movie was first released on a road show basis with twenty companies, including symphonic orchestras and effects touring the first class theaters in the U.S.! It was shown in two parts with an intermission, and at some showings, Gish appeared in person during the intermission. After its roadshow release, it was released nationally by United Artists, and they re-released it (with sound added in 1931), and there was a remake in 1935!
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Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this program, and that was 7 years ago. That example has been reconsigned to us, so this is still the only example we have ever auctioned!

Also note that this is a program that was created for use at theaters showing this movie. It has a quote from a Philadelphia newspaper at the bottom of the cover, so it may be from that part of the country. It has a letter on the back cover from John Barrymore from October 15, 1920, saying how wonderful he thinks the movie is, along with quotes from other prominent people below it.

Condition: very good.
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