Summary
America is an American period drama film first released in 1924,
directed by D.W. Griffith.
The film stars Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson, Carol Dempster, Charles Emmett Mack and Lee Beggs.
It has also been released under the title: Love and Sacrifice.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: D.W. Griffith
- Script: Robert W. Chambers
- Photo: G.W. Bitzer, Marcel Le Picard, Hendrik Sartov, Harold S. Sintzenich
- Music: Joseph Carl Breil, Adolph Fink
- Cast: Neil Hamilton (Nathan Holden), Erville Alderson (Justice Montague), Carol Dempster (Miss Nancy Montague), Charles Emmett Mack (Justice Charles Montague), Lee Beggs (Samuel Adams), John Dunton (John Hancock), Arthur Donaldson (King George III), Charles Bennett (William Pitt), Downing Clarke (Lord Chamberlain), Frank Walsh (Thomas Jefferson), Frank McGlynn Sr. (Patrick Henry), Arthur Dewey (George Washington), P.R. Scammon (Richard Henry Lee), Lionel Barrymore (Capt. Walter Butler), Sydney Deane (Sir Ashley Montague), W.W. Jones (Gen. Gage), Edward Roseman (Capt. Montour), Harry Semels (Hikatoo), Harry O’Neill (Paul Revere), Henry Van Bousen (John Parker (captain of the Minutemen)), Hugh Baird (Maj. Pitcairn), James Milady (Jonas Parker), Henry S. Koser (Capt. Prescott), Michael Donavan (Maj. Gen. Warren), Louis Wolheim (Capt. Hare), Riley Hatch (Joseph Brant (chief of the Mohawks)), Paul Doucet (Marquis de Lafayette), William S. Rising (Edmund Burke), Daniel Carney (Personal servant of Miss Montague), Edward Scanlon (Household servant at Ashley Court), Emil Hoch (Lord North), Lucille La Verne (Refugee mother), Edwin Holland (Maj. Strong), Milton Noble (An old patriot), Edward Dillon
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 141 min; B&W; silent
- Aka: Love and Sacrifice
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