Riven

Lillian Gish

as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle

Mae Marsh

as The Dear One (Modern Story)

Robert Harron

as The Boy (Modern Story)

F.A. Turner

as The Girl's Father (Modern Story)

Sam De Grasse

as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)

Vera Lewis

as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)

Lillian Langdon

as Mary, the Mother (Judean Story)

Olga Grey

as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)

Erich von Ritzau

as First Pharisee (Judean Story)

Bessie Love

as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)

Margery Wilson

as Brown Eyes (French Story)

Eugene Pallette

as Prosper Latour (French Story)

Spottiswoode Aitken

as Brown Eyes' Father (French Story)

Ruth Handforth

as Brown Eyes' Mother (French Story)

Elmer Clifton

as The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)

Seena Owen

as Princess Beloved (Attarea) (Babylonian Story)

Carl Stockdale

as King Nabonidus (Babylonian Story)

Mary Alden

as Uplifter

Pearl Elmore

as Uplifter

Julia Mackley

as Uplifter

Miriam Cooper

as The Friendless One

Walter Long

as The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior

Tom Wilson

as The Kindly Policeman

Ralph Lewis

as The Governor

Lloyd Ingraham

as Judge of the Court

John P. McCarthy

as Prison Guard

Monte Blue

as The Strike Leader

Marguerite Marsh

as Debutante

Edward Dillon

as Crook

Billy Quirk

as Bartender

Howard Gaye

as Jesus Christ / Cardinal de Lorraine

William H. Brown

as Father of the Bride of Cana / Warden

George Walsh

as The Bridegroom of Cana

W.S. Van Dyke

as Cana Wedding Guest

Allan Sears

as The Mercenary

Frank Bennett

as Charles IX

Maxfield Stanley

as Henri III

Josephine Crowell

as Catherine de Médici

Constance Talmadge

as Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl

W.E. Lawrence

as Henri de Navarre

Joseph Henabery

as L'amiral de Coligny / Defendant

Chandler House

as Page

Alfred Paget

as Prince Belshazzar

Tully Marshall

as High Priest of Bel / Friend of the Musketeer

Dore Davidson

as The Friendly Neighbor

Taylor N. Duncan

as Captain of the Gateg / Bodyguard of the Princess Beloved

Owen Moore

as Extra (uncredited)

Frank Borzage

as Extra (uncredited)

Karl Brown

as Extra (uncredited)

Frank Campeau

as Extra (uncredited)

Constance Collier

as Extra (uncredited)

Donald Crisp

as Extra (uncredited)

Nigel De Brulier

as Extra (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

as Extra (uncredited)

Dell Henderson

as Extra (uncredited)

Russell Hicks

as Extra (uncredited)

DeWolf Hopper Sr.

as Extra (uncredited)

Wilfred Lucas

as Extra (uncredited)

Francis McDonald

as Extra (uncredited)

Vester Pegg

as Extra (uncredited)

Herbert Sutch

as Extra (uncredited)

Herbert Beerbohm Tree

as Extra (uncredited)

King Vidor

as Extra (uncredited)

Hal Wilson

as Extra (uncredited)

Tammany Young

as Extra (uncredited)

Sylvia Ashton

as Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)

Jennie Lee

as Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)

George Beranger

as Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)

Kitty Bradbury

as Jenkins Party Guest (uncredited)

Tod Browning

as Crook (uncredited)

Frank Brownlee

as The Mountain Girl's Brother (uncredited)

Kate Bruce

as Old Babylonian Mother / The City Mother (uncredited)

Edward Burns

as Charioteer of the Priest of Bel (uncredited)

Noble Johnson

as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)

George Fawcett

as Babylonian Judge (uncredited)

Jewel Carmen

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Carol Dempster

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Mildred Harris

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Daisy Jefferson

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Carmel Myers

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Eve Southern

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Pauline Starke

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Natalie Talmadge

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Ethel Grey Terry

as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)

Francis Carpenter

as Child in Epilogue (uncredited)

Virginia Lee Corbin

as Child in Epilogue (uncredited)

Peggy Cartwright

as Little Girl (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as The Runner (uncredited)

William Courtright

as Second Pharisee (uncredited)

Erich von Stroheim

as Second Pharisee (uncredited)

Max Davidson

as Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks

as Man on White Horse (uncredited)

Julia Faye

as Bit Role (uncredited)

Clyde E. Hopkins

as Jenkins's Secretary (uncredited)

Alberta Lee

as Wife of The Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln

as The Mighty Man of Valor (uncredited)

Loyola O'Connor

as Attarea's Slave (uncredited)

Wallace Reid

as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)

Alma Rubens

as Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

as Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)

Ruth Darling

as Girl at the Marriage Market

George Siegmann

as Cyrus (uncredited)

Raymond Wells

as Counselor to Charles IX (uncredited)

Winifred Westover

as The Favorite of Egibi (uncredited)

David Butler

as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)

Grace Wilson

as Dancer of Tammuz (uncredited)

Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

D.W. Griffith

Scenario Writer

Anita Loos

Writer

D.W. Griffith

Director

Frank E. Woods

Writer

Hettie Grey Baker

Title Graphics

Tod Browning

Screenplay

Mary H. O'Connor

Title Graphics

D.W. Griffith

Editor

James Smith

Editor

Rose Smith

Editor

D.W. Griffith

Production Design

D.W. Griffith

Costume Design

Clare West

Costume Design

D.W. Griffith

Makeup Artist

Robert Anderson

Makeup Artist

Frank E. Woods

Production Supervisor

Leo Nomis

Stunts

Allan Dwan

Grip

Shorty English

Carpenter

Frank Wortman

Set Designer

Ralph M. DeLacy

Property Master

Walter L. Hall

Art Direction

Arthur Berthelet

Second Assistant Director

Monte Blue

Second Assistant Director

Tod Browning

Second Assistant Director

Christy Cabanne

Second Assistant Director

Elmer Clifton

First Assistant Director

Jack Conway

Second Assistant Director

Edward Dillon

Second Assistant Director

Allan Dwan

Second Assistant Director

Victor Fleming

Second Assistant Director

Sidney Franklin

Second Unit

Joseph Henabery

First Assistant Director

George W. Hill

Second Assistant Director

Lloyd Ingraham

Second Assistant Director

George Nichols Jr.

Second Assistant Director

Mike Siebert

Second Assistant Director

George Siegmann

First Assistant Director

W.S. Van Dyke

Second Assistant Director

Martin Aguerre

Construction Coordinator

Walter L. Hall

Set Designer

Halsted Sullivan

Assistant Property Master

R. Ellis Wales

Set Designer

Hal Sullivan

Special Effects

Charles Eagle Eye

Stunts

Louis Bitzer

First Assistant Camera

Joe Aller

Assistant Editor

Gertrude Bambrick

Choreographer

Ruth St. Denis

Choreographer

Erich von Stroheim

Assistant Production Manager

Robert Anderson

Technical Supervisor

D.W. Griffith

Presenter

Walt Whitman

Poem

Karl Brown

Camera Operator