Lillian Gish as Anna Moore Richard Barthelmess as David Bartlett Lowell Sherman as Lennox Sanderson Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett Kate Bruce as Mother Bartlett Mary Hay as Kate, Squire's niece Creighton Hale as The professor Emily Fitzroy as Maria Poole, landlady Porter Strong as Seth Holcomb Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont Vivia Ogden as Martha Perkins George Neville as The Constable Lewis Sargent as Ed Simpson Ernest Butterworth as Mike Clyde Fillmore as Mr. Hamilton Grace Morse as Mrs. Hamilton Lila Lee as Vera Hamilton Elizabeth Janes as Ruth Hamilton William Collier, Jr. as Dick Armstrong Claude Payton as Pete Moran Betty Schade as Maggie Fred Huntley as Mr. Hodge Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Hodge Russ Powell as Patrolman Jones Judge Ben Lindsey as himself Mrs. Ben Lindsey as herself Jane Keckley as Matron Eunice Moore as Cook Barbara Gurney as Baby's Mother