Way Down East (1935)

[buskeat]

Henry King's 1935 remake of Way Down East is now available on Netflix Streaming.

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Way_Down ... id=1211018

Just took a cursory glance at it, and interestingly it's a 1935 "Fox Film Corporation" film. I wonder if it was one of the last productions before the 20th Century merger. Even more interestingly, this is not on DVD. I wonder if we'll see more of these extremely rare gems popping up on streaming. That would be too great!

[Derek B.]

Henry King's 1935 remake of Way Down East is now available on Netflix Streaming.

It is also currently on the Fox Movie Channel schedule for this month, on April 29.

[DShepFilm]

Henry King said of it: "Griffith had Lillian Gish, a real change of seasons, and actual ice on the Connecticut River.

I had Rochelle Hudson and wooden ice cakes in the studio."

David Shepard

[drednm]

that about says it all....

[Harold Aherne]

Aw, I always thought Rochelle was a cutie. While Way Down East may have been out of her range, she was generally pretty good and I liked her in the '34 Imitation of Life. Wish Fannie Foley Herself was still around so I could see her in 2-colour Tech.

-Harold

[CoffeeDan]

Henry King said of it: "Griffith had Lillian Gish, a real change of seasons, and actual ice on the Connecticut River.

I had Rochelle Hudson and wooden ice cakes in the studio."

David Shepard

Actually, Griffith used some wooden ice floes, too. Real ice is just too unpredictable. Ditto for the famous finale of FLESH AND THE DEVIL . . .

[drednm]

Griffith used wooden ice when he re-filmed some river scenes in Connecticut. The White River Junction, VT scenes are real.

I just saw Rochelle Hudson in Harold Teen and admit she was fine in a light entertainment.

[Derek B.]

I watched this version of Way Down East from the broadcast this morning and liked it quite a bit better than I expected based on the negative comments I've read about it, though it clearly isn't a classic. (I would probably give it ** ½ out of ****.) The plot is truncated relative to the 1920 version by having it start with Anna's arrival at the Bartlett farm. I assume that in 1935 most viewers would have known the back story but for any one unfamiliar with it I liked the way clues were given before the story came out.