Way Down East (1920)

Way Down East poster

D.W. Griffith Productions
Starring:
 Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess
Directed by: D.W. Griffith

Synopsis: Anna Moore (Lillian Gish) is a poor country girl who is tricked by a city slicker into a false marriage and pregnancy, leaving her to try to escape living a reclusive life of shame.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): Eventually Anna comes to the country town of Bartlett looking for work.  In scenes earlier we see the town on the day the post office was robbed.  A group of men are fast asleep on porches.  One of these men is Constable Rube Whipple (George Neville) who is being fanned by an equally sleepy boy.  Sitting between the boy’s legs is a little white kitten.

Way Down East - white kitten sitting between boy's legs as he fans Constable

Way Down East - white kitten sitting between fanning boy's legs

A close up shows the kitten is also falling asleep.

Way Down East - white kitten falling asleep between boy's legs animated gif

The boy nods off completely and stops fanning.

Way Down East - white kitten sleeping between sleeping boy's legs

Another closeup sees the kitten falling even further asleep.  There’s a small blooper here because the boy appears to still be fanning slightly but we had just seen him drop off altogether.

Way Down East - close up of sleeping white kitten

Final Mewsings: Sleeping is one of a cat’s favorite pasttimes.


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