The Birth of a Nation (1915)
a.k.a. The Klansman, or In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan
Director: D.W. Griffith
Synopsis[]
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Male Deaths[]
- Joseph Henabery [Abraham Lincoln]
- Walter Long [Gus]
- Wallace Reid [Jeff the Blacksmith]
Female Deaths[]
- Mae Marsh [Flora Cameron]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Birth of a Nation was the first film screened at the White House.