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Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Release Year: 1915
Country: USA
Runtime: 165
Rating: 5.9 (0)
Languages: English
Director: D.W. Griffith
Sound: Silent
Taglines:Mighty Spectacle The dawn of a new art! The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! Lincolns Assassination. The fatal blow that robbed the South of its best friend.
Writing by: Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - (novel "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan")
Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - play "The Clansman" and
Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - novel "The Leopards Spots"
D.W. Griffith - (writer) &
Frank E. Woods - (writer)
Produced by: D.W. Griffith - producer
H.E. Aitken - executive producer (uncredited)
Cast: Lillian Gish - Elsie Stoneman
Mae Marsh - Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall - Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper - Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden - Lydia Brown
Ralph Lewis - Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann - Silas Lynch
Walter Long - Gus
Robert Harron - Tod Stoneman
Wallace Reid - Jeff (blacksmith)
Joseph Henabery - Abraham Lincoln / 13 other bits
Music: Joseph Carl Breil D.W. Griffith
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but thats nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war.
Plot: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincolns assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The following was listed in the opening credits: A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE: We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceeded to the art of the written word - that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.
Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: Car tire tracks are visible in the KKK segment.
Trivia: There are 40 entries in the trivia list - like these:
All Genres: Drama, History, Romance, War, Western
Release Year: 1915
Country: USA
Runtime: 165
Rating: 5.9 (0)
Languages: English
Director: D.W. Griffith
Sound: Silent
Taglines:
Writing by: Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - (novel "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan")
Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - play "The Clansman" and
Thomas F. Dixon Jr. - novel "The Leopards Spots"
D.W. Griffith - (writer) &
Frank E. Woods - (writer)
Produced by: D.W. Griffith - producer
H.E. Aitken - executive producer (uncredited)
Cast: Lillian Gish - Elsie Stoneman
Mae Marsh - Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall - Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper - Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden - Lydia Brown
Ralph Lewis - Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann - Silas Lynch
Walter Long - Gus
Robert Harron - Tod Stoneman
Wallace Reid - Jeff (blacksmith)
Joseph Henabery - Abraham Lincoln / 13 other bits
Music: Joseph Carl Breil D.W. Griffith
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: The Civil War divides friends and destroys families, but thats nothing compared to the anarchy in the black-ruled South after the war.
Plot: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincolns assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The following was listed in the opening credits: A PLEA FOR THE ART OF THE MOTION PICTURE: We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue - the same liberty that is conceeded to the art of the written word - that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.
Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: Car tire tracks are visible in the KKK segment.
Trivia: There are 40 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Director D.W. Griffith visualized the whole film in his mind and did not write out a script or keep written notes.
- Premiered in Los Angeles with the title "The Clansman", after the novel on which it was based.
- Some of the black characters are played by white actors with make-up, particularly those characters who were required to come in contact with a white actress. The person playing the Camerons maid is not only clearly white, but is also obviously male.
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