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Way Down East
A rural melodrama that ends on breaking ice, sold on the strength of a director's name alone.
What
A 1920 colour lithograph one-sheet, roughly 104 by 70 centimetres, for the D. W. Griffith production.
Why
Griffith paid a reported $175,000 for the rights to a creaking stage melodrama and turned it into one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era. The poster's phrasing — 'D. W. Griffith presents' — marks the point at which an American director became the headline attraction.
Notice
How much sheet is given to the presenter's name relative to the title itself.
“The director as the draw, and the ice already cracking.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Way Down East (1920), dir. D. W. Griffith
- Country / studio
- United States · United Artists
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. one-sheet, 1920
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
In the room
Where it would hang
The reproduction, framed and lit, in rooms built for looking. A rendering — your walls, your frame.
From Silent Hollywood
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family