Drama / History / War /

Score: 60.0%( 553 votes )

Overview: 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.

Cast:

Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long
Gus

Robert Harron
Tod

Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron

George Beranger
Wade Cameron

Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee
Mammy

Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant

Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam De Grasse
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

William De Vaull
Nelse (uncredited)

Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)

Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

Fred Burns
Klansman (uncredited)

Allan Sears
Klansman (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman (uncredited)

Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Monte Blue
(uncredited)

Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)

Bob Burns
Klan Leader (uncredited)

Edmund Burns
Klansman (uncredited)

Edward Burns
Klansman (uncredited)

Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)

Dark Cloud
General (uncredited)

Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)

John Ford
Klansman (uncredited)

Olga Grey
Laura Keene (uncredited)

Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)

Donna Montran
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier (uncredited)

Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Charles Stevens
Volunteer (uncredited)

Jules White
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)

David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)