America, also called Love and Sacrifice, is a 1924 American silent historical war romance film. It describes the heroic story of the events during the American Revolutionary War, in which filmmaker D. W. Griffith created a film adaptation of Robert W. Chambers’ novel The Reckoning. The plot mainly centers itself on the battles of the New York State, with romance spliced into the individual movie scenes. Cast Neil Hamilton as Nathan Holden Erville Alderson as Justice Montague Carol Dempster as Miss Nancy Montague Charles Emmett Mack as Justice Charles Montague Lee Beggs as Samuel Adams John Dunton as John Hancock Arthur Donaldson as King George III Charles Bennett as William Pitt Downing Clarke as Lord Chamberlain Frank Walsh as Thomas Jefferson Frank McGlynn Sr. as Patrick Henry Arthur Dewey as George Washington P. R. Scammon as Richard Henry Lee Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Walter Butler Sydney Deane as Sir Ashley Montague Harry O'Neill as Paul Revere Louis Wolheim as Capt. Peter Hare Riley Hatch as Joseph Brant Paul Doucet as Marquis de Lafayette Emil Hoch as Lord North
America, also called Love and Sacrifice, is a 1924 American silent historical war romance film. It describes the heroic story of the events during the American Revolutionary War, in which filmmaker D. W. Griffith created a film adaptation of Robert W. Chambers’ novel The Reckoning. The plot mainly centers itself on the battles of the New York State, with romance spliced into the individual movie scenes. Cast Neil Hamilton as Nathan Holden Erville Alderson as Justice Montague Carol Dempster as Miss Nancy Montague Charles Emmett Mack as Justice Charles Montague Lee Beggs as Samuel Adams John Dunton as John Hancock Arthur Donaldson as King George III Charles Bennett as William Pitt Downing Clarke as Lord Chamberlain Frank Walsh as Thomas Jefferson Frank McGlynn Sr. as Patrick Henry Arthur Dewey as George Washington P. R. Scammon as Richard Henry Lee Lionel Barrymore as Capt. Walter Butler Sydney Deane as Sir Ashley Montague Harry O'Neill as Paul Revere Louis Wolheim as Capt. Peter Hare Riley Hatch as Joseph Brant Paul Doucet as Marquis de Lafayette Emil Hoch as Lord North