The Birth of a Nation(1915)
movie - first aired/released 1915-03-08 - audience 5.9
Directed by D.W. Griffith
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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Cast
Allan SearsKlansman (uncredited)- Betty MarshChild with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Charles StevensVolunteer (uncredited)
Dark CloudGeneral (uncredited)
David ButlerNorthern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Donald CrispGen. U.S. Grant
Edmund BurnsKlansman (uncredited)
Elmer CliftonStoneman's Elder Son Phil
Elmo LincolnBlacksmith (uncredited)
Eugene PalletteUnion Soldier (uncredited)
Fred BurnsKlansman (uncredited)
George BerangerWade Cameron
George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Jennie LeeMammy
John FordKlansman (uncredited)
Joseph HenaberyAbraham Lincoln
Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
Madame Sul-Te-WanBlack Woman (uncredited)
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Mae MarshFlora Cameron
Mary Wynn
Maxfield StanleyDuke Cameron
Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
Monte Blue(uncredited)
Olga GreyLaura Keene (uncredited)
Peggy CartwrightYoung Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Raoul WalshJohn Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Sam De GrasseSenator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Spottiswoode AitkenDr. Cameron- Violet WilkeyYoung Flora Cameron (uncredited)
Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith
Walter LongGus- William De VaullNelse (uncredited)
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