| Way Down East | |
| Director: | Henry King |
| Producer: | Winfield Sheehan |
| Screenplay: | Howard Estabrook William Hurlbut |
| Starring: | Rochelle Hudson Henry Fonda |
| Music: | Oscar Bradley |
| Cinematography: | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing: | Robert Bischoff |
| Studio: | Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor: | 20th Century Fox |
| Runtime: | 80 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.[1]