Als de rijke Lennox Sanderson zegt dat hij wil trouwen met Anna Moore, stemt de laatste toe, niet wetend dat het huwelijk nep is. Als Moore vertelt dat ze in verwachting is, vertelt Sanderson haar de waarheid over hun huwelijk en verlaat hij haar.
Nee, helaas is Way Down East nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Sound | William Frederick Peters | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Louis Silvers | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Paul H. Allen | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charles Downs | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hendrik Sartov | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Art | Clifford Pember | Art Direction |
| Art | Charles O. Seessel | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Henri Bendel | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | O'Kane Conwell | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lady Duff Gordon | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Madame Lisette | Costume Design |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Frank Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Art | Clark Robinson | Set Designer |
| Writing | Anthony Paul Kelly | Writer |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Writing | Lottie Blair Parker | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Joseph R. Grismer | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otto Kahn | Costume Design |
