The Fall of a Nation (1916)
Thomas Dixon's Mighty Message of Warning
75 min
A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
- Release date
- June 6, 1916
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Victor Herbert
Cast
- Lorraine Huling as Virginia Holland
- Percy Standing as Charles Waldron
- Arthur Shirley as John Vassar
- Flora Macdonald as Angela Benda
- Paul Willis as Billy
- Phil Gastrock as Tomasso Benda
- Clarence Geldert as Gen. Arnold
- Clarence Barr as Abraham Lincoln
- Mildred Bracken as Mrs. Schultz
- Beulah Burns as 'Little Sausage' Schultz
Crew
- Thomas Dixon Jr. · Director
- Thomas Dixon Jr. · Writer
- Victor Herbert · Composer
- John W. Boyle · Cinematographer
- William C. Thompson · Cinematographer
- C.H. Wales · Cinematographer
- Jack Young · Cinematographer