The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation
    1915

    Synopsis

    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

    • Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
    • Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
    • Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
    • Mae MarshFlora Cameron
    • Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
    • Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
    • George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
    • Walter LongGus
    • Joseph HenaberyAbraham Lincoln
    • Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith

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