Raoul Walsh
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Raoul Walsh was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh. He portrayed John Wilkes Boot
Walsh, c. 1918
Walsh as John Wilkes Booth
Stallings (left) and Walsh (center), c. 1926
Walsh wearing an eyepatch, c. 1946
The Birth of a Nation
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The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman
Raoul Walsh
…of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh. He portrayed John Wilkes Booth in the silent film The Birth of a Nation (1915) and directed the widescreen epic The Big Trail (1930) starring John Wayne in his first leading role, The Roaring Twenties starring James Cagney…
Theatrical release poster
The film's portrayal of the Siege of Petersburg, led by Ben Cameron
Hooded Klansmen catch Gus, portrayed in blackface by white actor Walter Long
George Siegmann, Ralph Lewis, Lillian Gish, and Henry B. Walthall in a scene of the film