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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (1915)Cast and Crew

Movie"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"

Cast

H
Henry B. Walthall
as Col. Ben Cameron
L
Lillian Gish
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
M
Miriam Cooper
as Margaret Cameron
M
Mae Marsh
as Flora Cameron
M
Mary Alden
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
R
Ralph Lewis
as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
G
George Siegmann
as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
W
Walter Long
as Gus
J
Joseph Henabery
as Abraham Lincoln
W
Wallace Reid
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
E
Elmer Clifton
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
J
Josephine Crowell
as Mrs. Cameron
S
Spottiswoode Aitken
as Dr. Cameron
G
George Beranger
as Wade Cameron
M
Maxfield Stanley
as Duke Cameron
J
Jennie Lee
as Mammy
D
Donald Crisp
as Gen. U.S. Grant
H
Howard Gaye
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
S
Sam De Grasse
as Charles Sumner
W
William De Vaull
as Nelse
W
Willam Freeman
as Jake / Sentry at Hospital
T
Tom Wilson
as Stoneman's Servant
F
Fred Burns
as Klansman
A
Allan Sears
as Klansman
E
Elmo Lincoln
as Blacksmith
M
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Black Woman
R
Raoul Walsh
as John Wilkes Booth
R
Robert Harron
as Tod
M
Monte Blue
H
Harry Braham
as Cameron's Male Servant
B
Bob Burns
as Klan Leader
E
Edmund Burns
as Klansman
E
Edward Burns
as Klansman
P
Peggy Cartwright
as Young Girl in Cabin
D
Dark Cloud
as General
L
Leonore Cooper
as Elsie's Maid
C
Charles Eagle Eye
as Man Who Falls from Roof
J
John Ford
as Klansman
O
Olga Grey
as Laura Keene
A
Alberta Lee
as Mrs. Lincoln
B
Betty Marsh
as Child with Dr. Cameron
D
Donna Montran
as Belle of 1861
E
Eugene Pallette
as Union Soldier
A
Alma Rubens
as Belle of 1861
C
Charles Stevens
as Volunteer
J
Jules White
as Confederate Soldier
V
Violet Wilkey
as Young Flora Cameron
D
David Butler
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier

Crew

F
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
B
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
D
D.W. Griffith
Writer
J
Joseph Henabery
Editor
R
Rose Smith
Editor
R
Raoul Walsh
Editor
C
Clare West
Costume Design
J
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
J
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
J
James Smith
Editor
D
D.W. Griffith
Producer
D
D.W. Griffith
Editor
H
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer
W
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects
D
D.W. Griffith
Original Music Composer
R
Robert Goldstein
Costume Design
R
Robert Harron
Assistant Director
F
Fred Hamer
Assistant Director
T
Thomas E. O'Brien
Assistant Director
A
Allan Dwan
Assistant Director
M
Monte Blue
Assistant Director
J
Jack Conway
Assistant Director
H
Henry B. Walthall
Assistant Director
H
Herbert Sutch
Assistant Director
W
W.S. Van Dyke
Assistant Director
T
Tom Wilson
Assistant Director
C
Cash Shockey
Painter
R
Raoul Walsh
Assistant Director
K
Karl Brown
Camera Operator
J
Jim Kidd
Security
S
Shorty English
Carpenter
C
Charles Eagle Eye
Stunts
W
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects Supervisor
E
Erich von Stroheim
Assistant Director
D
Donald Crisp
Assistant Director
L
Leo Nomis
Stunts
J
Joseph Nurnberger
Music
D
D.W. Griffith
Presenter
J
Joseph Carl Breil
Music
H
Howard Gaye
Assistant Director
C
Carli Elinor
Conductor
T
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Adaptation
C
Christy Cabanne
Assistant Director
F
Fireworks Wilson
Special Effects
T
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Novel
B
Baron von Winther
Assistant Director
E
Elmer Clifton
Assistant Director
F
Frank Wortman
Set Designer
H
Hal Sullivan
Assistant Property Master
M
Monte Blue
Stunts
J
Joseph Henabery
Assistant Director
R
Ralph M. DeLacy
Property Master
K
Karl Malkames
Negative Cutter
D
D.W. Griffith
Director

The Life of a Nation Collection

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