Lillian Gish Letty Lars Hanson Lige Montagu Love Roddy Dorothy Cumming Cora Edward Earle Beverly William Orlamond Sourdough Carmencita Johnson Cora's Child Leon Janney Cora's Child Billy Kent Schaefer Cora's Child Sam Appel Vaquero (uncredited) Si Jenks Man at the Shindig (uncredited) Cullen Johnson Little Boy (uncredited) Seessel Anne Johnson Little Girl (uncredited) Gus Leonard Old Man at Dance Hall (uncredited) Margaret Mann Townswoman at Shindig (uncredited) Victor Sjöström Director John Arnold Director Harold S. Bucquet Director