Way Down West (1927)
• September 8th, 1927 • 0h 59min
Drama, Romance
Overview
Based on the classic Chinese play Romance of the Western Chamber, Way Down West follows the love story between a poor scholar and wealthy woman. Unable to marry due to their social status, this changes when a bandit attacks the monastery they are staying at demanding the woman's hand. Desperate, her mother promises her hand to whomever manages to defeat the bandit.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Miracle Man
Released on: 1919-08-26
Drama
A gang of crooks evade the police by moving their operations to a small town. There the gang's leade...
Metropolis
Released on: 1927-01-10
Drama, Science Fiction
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind...
A Knight in London
Released on: 1928-12-17
Comedy, Romance
A prince makes a socialite think she spent the night in his room.
A Broken Doll
Released on: 1921-06-12
Drama
Ranch hand Tommy Dawes has a special bond with little Rosemary, the crippled daughter of his boss Bi...
The Paul Street Boys
Released on: 1925-01-15
Drama
A couple of boy gangs in Budapest constantly fight over the neighborhood turf.
Suzanna
Released on: 1923-02-16
Romance, Drama
Hoping to consolidate their adjoining ranches, Don Fernando and Don Diego betroth their children, Ra...
The Making of O'Malley
Released on: 1925-06-28
Drama
A policeman falls for a teacher, and befriends her students. A gang of bootleggers threatens his new...
A Fortune Hunter
Released on: 1921-03-14
Drama, History
Historical drama which features Gösta Ekman as the dashing rogue who steals the heart of the etherea...
A Scarlet Angel
Released on: 1922-10-02
Crime, Romance, Drama
The criminal couple Louise Kent and Charles Zukor stages a coup in the luxury restaurant Oriental. I...
Should We Be Silent?
Released on: 1926-04-05
Drama
A melodrama about a painter who is infected with syphilis, refuses treatment, turns to the use inste...
Dead Man's Curve
Released on: 1928-01-15
Action, Drama
A grease monkey discovers a defect in an auto engine being turned out by his employer. But since our...
One Stolen Night
Released on: 1929-03-15
Action, Drama, Romance
When his ne'er-do-well brother embezzles the commissary funds of their cavalry unit stationed in the...
Adoration
Released on: 1928-12-02
Romance, Drama, History
Billie Dove, as Elena, pulls out all stops as a Russian princess and a woman-of-the-streets in Paris...
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Released on: 1916-09-04
Drama, History
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit...
Greed
Released on: 1924-12-04
Drama, Crime
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
The Popular Sin
Released on: 1926-11-22
Comedy, Romance
Philandering husband George Montfort purchases railroad tickets for a weekend tryst in the mountains...
A Star Is Born
Released on: 1954-10-01
Drama, Music, Romance
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career ...
Devdas
Released on: 1935-03-30
Drama, Romance
Devdas, the son of a zamindar, and Parvati, his neighbour's daughter, are childhood sweethearts. How...
Sir Arne's Treasure
Released on: 1919-09-18
History, Drama
Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled ...
Too Much Wife
Released on: 1922-01-01
Comedy, Drama
Myra Coningsby, a newlywed who is determined not to be a submissive wife but ultimately learns to fi...