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America

1924·141 min·US

Director: D.W. Griffith

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The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.

The story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.

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Bombast: D.W. Griffith's America — Film Comment

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Cast

Neil Hamilton

Neil Hamilton

Nathan Holden

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Justice Montague

Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster

Miss Nancy Montague

Charles Emmett Mack

Charles Emmett Mack

Justice Charles Montague

Lee Beggs

Lee Beggs

Samuel Adams

Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore

Capt. Walter Butler

Arthur Donaldson

Arthur Donaldson

King George III

Downing Clarke

Lord Chamberlain

John Dunton

John Hancock

Charles Bennett

William Pitt

Frank Walsh

Thomas Jefferson

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Frank McGlynn Jr.

Patrick Henry

Arthur Dewey

George Washington

P.R. Scammon

Richard Henry Lee

Sydney Deane

Sydney Deane

Sir Ashley Montague

Crew

Robert W. Chambers

writer

composer

cinematographer

cinematographer

Joseph Carl Breil

composer

Marcel Le Picard

cinematographer

Harold S. Sintzenich

cinematographer

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