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D. W. Griffith
Director
Neil Hamilton
Nathan Holden
Erville Alderson
Justice Montague
Carol Dempster
Miss Nancy Montague
Charles Emmett Mack
Charles Philip Edward Montague
Lee Beggs
Samuel Adams
Film Details
Genre
Historical
Release Date
Aug
15,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 21 Feb 1924
Production Company
D. W. Griffith, Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 21m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
14,700ft
(15 reels)
Synopsis
The romance of Nathan Holden, a Boston patriot, with the aristocratic daughter of a Virginia Tory is set against the background of the Revolutionary War, showing the events that led to the conflict and terminating in the surrender at Yorktown.
Director
D. W. Griffith
Director
Cast
Neil Hamilton
Nathan Holden
Erville Alderson
Justice Montague
Carol Dempster
Miss Nancy Montague
Charles Emmett Mack
Charles Philip Edward Montague
Lee Beggs
Samuel Adams
John Dunton
John Hancock
Arthur Donaldson
King George III
Charles Bennett
William Pitt
Frank Mcglynn Jr.
Patrick Henry
Frank Walsh
Thomas Jefferson
Lionel Barrymore
Capt. Walter Butler
Arthur Dewey
George Washington
Sydney Deane
Sir Ashley Montague
W. W. Jones
General Gage
Harry O'neill
Paul Revere
Henry Van Bousen
John Parker, Captain of Minutemen
Hugh Baird
Major Pitcairn
James Milady
Jonas Parker
Louis Wolheim
Captain Hare
Riley Hatch
Chief of Mohawks, Joseph Brant
Emil Hoch
Lord North
Lucille La Verne
A refugee mother
Downing Clarke
Lord Chamberlain
P. R. Scammon
Richard Henry Lee
Ed Roseman
Captain Montour
Harry Semels
Hikatoo, Chief of Senecas
H. Koser
Colonel Prescott
Michael Donovan
Major General Warren
Paul Doucet
Marquis de Lafayette
W. Rising
Edmund Burke
Daniel Carney
Personal servant of Miss Montague
E. Scanlon
Household servant at Ashley Court
Edwin Holland
Major Strong
Milton Noble
An Old Patriot
Crew
William J. Bantel
Construction Director
G. W. Bitzer
Director of Photography
Joseph Carl Breil
Music Arrangement
Robert W. Chambers
Story
D. W. Griffith
Producer
D. W. Griffith
Presented By
Charles M. Kirk
Art Director
Marcel Le Picard
Director of Photography
John L. E. Pell
Scen
Hendrik Sartov
Director of Photography
Hal Sintzenich
Director of Photography
James Smith
Film Editor
Rose Smith
Film Editor
Herbert Sutch
Assistant Director
Film Details
Genre
Historical
Release Date
Aug
15,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 21 Feb 1924
Production Company
D. W. Griffith, Inc.
Distribution Company
United Artists
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 21m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
14,700ft
(15 reels)
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This film was originally copyrighted as 14 reels. It was later cut to 13 reels, 12,600 ft, and then to 11 reels, 11,000 ft.
