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D. W. GRIFFITH, Presents
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
AN HISTORICAL DRAMA IN TWO ACTS
NoTE.-There will be an intermission of eight minutes between Acts I. and II.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
COL. BEN CAMERON .......................................HENRY WALTHALL
MARGARET CAMERON, the elder sister .......................... MIRIAM COOPER
FLORA, the pet sister ..................... .........................MAE MARSH
MRS. CAMERON ..........................................JOSEPHINE CROWELL
DR. CAMERON ................... .....................SPOTTISWOODE AIKEN
WADE CAMERON, the second son .................................J. A. BERINGER
DUKE CAMERON, the youngest son ..........................MAXFIELD STANLEY
MAMMY, their faithful old servant .....................................JENNIE LEE
HON. AUSTIN STONEMAN, Leader of the House .....................RALPH LEWIS
ELSIE, his daughter .................................................LILLIAN GISH
PHIL, his elder son ..............................................ELMER CLIFTON
TOD, the younger son ................................. ........ ROBERT HARRON
JEFF, the blacksmith ..............................................WALLACE REED
LYDIA BROWN, Stoneman's mulatto housekeeper ...................... MARY ALDEN
SILAS LYNCH, mulatto Lieutenant-Governor ...................GEORGE SEIGMANN
GUS. a renegade negro .........................................WALTER LONG
ABRAHAM LINCOLN ..............................JOSEPH HENABERY
JOHN WILKES BOOTH ......................................... ..RAOUL WALSH
GEN. U. S. GRANT .............................................DONALD CRISP
GEN. ROBT. E. LEE ....................................... HOWARD GAYE
NELSE, an old-fashioned negro ..................................WILLIAM DEVAULL
JAKE, a black man faithful unto death ..........................WILLIAM FREEMAN
STONEMAN'S SERVANT ....................................THOMAS WILSON
Cabinet Members, Generals, Military Aides and Attaches, Secretaries, Senators, Representatives,
Visitors, Soldiers, Abolitionists, Ku Klux Klansmen, Plantation Crowds and Mobs.
THE GRIFFITH TRADE MARK
All pictures produced by David W. Griffith have the name Griffith in the upper corners
of the film and the initials D. G. on the lower border line. There are no exceptions to this
rule. Mr. Griffith has several new productions under way which will be announced from time
to time. His next big production will be "The Mother and the Law." a story of modern life
in America.
Entire production under the personal direction of D. W. GRIFFITH
Photography by G. W. BITZER Music by JOSEPH CARL BREIL
(COPwIGHT 1915 BY TEdORE MITCHELL
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Griffith, D.W. D.W. Griffith Presents "The Birth of a Nation", book, April 1, 1924; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21924/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.