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Line 16: \| gross = $5,000,000 \| budget = [[United States dollar\|US$]] 700,000 \| preceded by = ''The Love Flower'' \| followed by = ''[[Dream Street (film)\|Dream Street]]'' \|}} '''''Way Down East''''' ([[1920 in film\|1920]]), is a [[silent film]] directed by [[D. W. Griffith]] and starring [[Lillian Gish]], is the best known of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play ''Way Down East,'' ~~written~~ by Lottie Blair Parker. There were two earlier silent versions, and one sound version in 1935, starring [[Henry Fonda]].<ref>{{imdb title\|id=0011841\|title=Way Down East}}.</ref> ~~Griffith's version is particularly remembered for its exciting climax in which Lillian Gish's character is rescued from doom on an icy river.~~ Griffith's version is particularly remembered for its exciting climax in which Lillian Gish's character is rescued from doom on an icy river. Some sources, quoting newspaper ads of the time, say a sequence was filmed in an early color process, possibly [[Technicolor]] or [[Prizma\|Prizmacolor]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WayDownEast1920.html ''Way Down East'' at SilentEra.com]</ref> ==Plot==