America (1924)
Lexington, Massachusetts, mid-1770s. Renegade British officer Captain Walter Butler struggles to enlist the aid of Indians against the tide of colonists rebelling for independence. Meanwhile, impoverished farmer Nathan Holden, in love with aristocrat Nancy Montague, reluctantly joins the Patriots – only to find himself at odds with Nancy's stern father and her arrogant brother.
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
Robert W. Chambers
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Neil Hamilton as Nathan Holden |
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Erville Alderson as Justice Montague |
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Carol Dempster as Miss Nancy Montague |
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Charles Emmett Mack as Justice Charles Montague |
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Lee Beggs as Samuel Adams |
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Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Walter Butler |
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Arthur Donaldson as King George III |
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Downing Clarke as Lord Chamberlain |
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John Dunton as John Hancock |
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Charles Bennett as William Pitt |
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Frank Walsh as Thomas Jefferson |
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Frank McGlynn Jr. as Patrick Henry |
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Arthur Dewey as George Washington |
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P.R. Scammon as Richard Henry Lee |
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Sydney Deane as Sir Ashley Montague |
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Louis Wolheim as Captain Hare |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | Robert W. Chambers | Screenplay |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Adolph Fink | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcel Le Picard | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Hendrik Sartov | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Harold S. Sintzenich | Director of Photography |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Art | Charles M. Kirk | Art Direction |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Frank Walsh | Assistant Director |
