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Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Movie1915193 minReleasedUS NR
The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
DramaHistoryWar
Crew
Key crew roles and departments.
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
Writing
JC
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Camera
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Writing
D.W. Griffith
Editor
Editing
RG
Robert Goldstein
Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up
D.W. Griffith
Original Music Composer
Sound
D.W. Griffith
Producer
Production
HA
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer
Production
FW
Fireworks Wilson
Special Effects
Crew
Joseph Henabery
Assistant Director
Directing
CS
Cash Shockey
Painter
Art
KB
Karl Brown
Camera Operator
Camera
