{"product_id":"way-down-east-silent-mod-dvd-movie","title":"Way Down East (Silent) (MOD) (DVD MOVIE)","description":"A cruel web of deceit and sexual desire ensnares an innocent young woman in D.W. Griffith's powerful silent epic, \u003ci\u003eWay Down East.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn her first visit to rich relatives in the big city, starry-eyed country waif Anna Moore (Lillian Gish) is easy prey for a scheming womanizer who cons her out of her virginity with a staged \"marriage.\" He later walks out on his pregnant \"wife,\" telling her the sordid truth that the marriage ceremony was a sham. After her baby dies, she is driven to wandering the streets in shame and destitution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone and desperate, Anna begs door to door for work until she is taken in as a servant by a pious, hard working farm family. Just as it appears that she is beginning to turn her life around, her past catches up to her. The shocked patriarch of the household that gave her shelter now drives her from his home into a raging blizzard, where she is soon lost, dazed and adrift on a runaway ice floe racing downriver toward a waterfall and her doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaster storyteller D.W. Griffith, the great pioneer of early American cinema, tackles complex themes of prejudice, judgement, sexual inequality and redemption in a film that builds brilliantly from an intimate, emotionally charged personal melodrama to a breathtakingly epic cliffhanger climax. \u003ci\u003eWay Down East\u003c\/i\u003e stands with \u003ci\u003eIntolerance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e as one of Griffith's three greatest masterpieces, all groundbreaking milestones in cinema history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"COLOR: #0000ff\"\u003eDVD Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Rated:  NR\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Runtime:  2 hours,  6 minutes\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Encoding: Region 1(US \u0026amp; Canada)\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Originally Released:  1\/1\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u0026gt;Label:  Alpha Video\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStarring: Lillian Gish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"BORDER-BOTTOM: blue 3px solid; BORDER-LEFT: blue 3px solid; WIDTH: 675px; HEIGHT:140px; BORDER-TOP: blue 3px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: blue 3px solid\"\u003eThis product is made-on-demand by the manufacturer using DVD-R recordable media. Almost all DVD players can play DVD-Rs (except for some older models made before 2000) - please consult your owner's manual for formats compatible with your player. These DVD-Rs may not play on all computers or DVD player\/recorders. To address this, the manufacturer recommends viewing this product on a DVD player that does not have recording capability. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53382708494636,"sku":"089218451392","price":18.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/6327\/4284\/files\/Way-Down-East-Silent-MOD-DVD-MOVIE.jpg?v=1782482407","url":"https:\/\/www.margaritasvideostore.com\/products\/way-down-east-silent-mod-dvd-movie","provider":"Margarita's Video Store LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}