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The Birth of a Nation
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Directed by
D.W. Griffith 
 
Writing credits
Thomas F. Dixon Jr. (novel "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan")

Thomas F. Dixon Jr.  play "The Clansman" and
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.  novel "The Leopard's Spots"

D.W. Griffith (writer) &
Frank E. Woods (writer)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification

Lillian Gish ... Elsie Stoneman

Mae Marsh ... Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall ... Col. Ben Cameron (as Henry Walthall)
Miriam Cooper ... Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden ... Lydia Brown
Ralph Lewis ... Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann ... Silas Lynch (as George Seigmann)
Walter Long ... Gus
Robert Harron ... Tod Stoneman
Wallace Reid ... Jeff (blacksmith) (as Wallace Reed)
Joseph Henabery ... Abraham Lincoln / 13 other bits (as Jos. Henabery)
Elmer Clifton ... Phil Stoneman
Josephine Crowell ... Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken ... Dr. Cameron
George Beranger ... Wade Cameron (as J.A. Beringer)
Maxfield Stanley ... Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee ... Mammy
Donald Crisp ... Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Howard Gaye ... Gen. Robert E. Lee
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Wilson ... Stoneman's servant (as Thomas Wilson)
Monte Blue ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Bobby Burns ... Klan leader (uncredited)
Edmund Burns ... Klansman (uncredited)
Edward Burns ... Klansman (uncredited)
Fred Burns ... Klansman (uncredited)
David Butler ... Northern soldier / Confederate soldier (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright ... Young girl (uncredited)
William E. Cassidy ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Dark Cloud ... A general (uncredited)
Lenore Cooper ... Elsie's maid (uncredited)
Sam De Grasse ... Sen. Sumner (uncredited)
William De Vaull ... Jake (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye ... Man who falls from roof (uncredited)
John Ford ... Klansman on horse holding up hood with hand (uncredited)
Alberta Franklin ... (uncredited)
William Freeman ... The sentry (uncredited)

Gibson Gowland ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Olga Grey ... Laura Keene (uncredited)

D.W. Griffith ... Himself (1931 reissue version) (uncredited)
Fred Hamer ... (uncredited)
Russell Hicks ... (uncredited)

Walter Huston ... Himself (1931 reissue version) (uncredited)
Charles King ... Undetermined Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Alberta Lee ... Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln ... Blacksmith (uncredited)
Donna Montran ... Belles of 1861 (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette ... Union soldier (uncredited)
Vester Pegg ... (uncredited)
Alma Rubens ... Belles of 1861 (uncredited)
Allan Sears ... Klansman (uncredited)
Charles Stevens ... Volunteer (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan ... Black woman (Dr. Cameron's taunter) (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh ... John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Jules White ... (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey ... Flora as a child (uncredited)
Mary Wynn ... (uncredited)
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Produced by
D.W. Griffith .... producer
H.E. Aitken .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
Joseph Carl Breil 
D.W. Griffith 
 
Cinematography by
G.W. Bitzer 
 
Film Editing by
D.W. Griffith 
Joseph Henabery 
James Smith 
Rose Smith 
Raoul Walsh 
 
Costume Design by
Robert Goldstein (uncredited)
Clare West (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christy Cabanne .... assistant director (uncredited)
Elmer Clifton .... assistant director (uncredited)
Jack Conway .... assistant director (uncredited)
Donald Crisp .... assistant director (uncredited)
Howard Gaye .... assistant director (uncredited)
Fred Hamer .... assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Harron .... assistant director (uncredited)
Joseph Henabery .... assistant director (uncredited)
Thomas E. O'Brien .... assistant director (uncredited)
George Siegmann .... chief assistant director (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch .... assistant director (uncredited)
W.S. Van Dyke .... assistant director (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh .... assistant director (uncredited)
Henry B. Walthall .... assistant director (uncredited)
Tom Wilson .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Ralph M. DeLacy .... property master (uncredited)
Shorty English .... carpenter (uncredited)
Jim Newman .... assistant carpenter (uncredited)
Cash Shockey .... set painter (uncredited)
Joseph Stringer .... set builder (uncredited)
Hal Sullivan .... assistant property master (uncredited)
Frank Wortman .... set designer (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Walter Hoffman .... special effects supervisor (uncredited)
'Fireworks' Wilson .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Monte Blue .... stunts (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye .... stunts (uncredited)
Leo Nomis .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Karl Brown .... camera operator (uncredited)
Frank B. Good .... assistant camera (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Goldstein .... costumer (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Harry Berken .... musician: trumpeter
Carli Elinor .... conductor (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Jim Kidd .... security officer (uncredited)
Abe Scholtz .... laboratory technician (uncredited)
 

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