Believed lost for almost 50 years, a print was discovered in 1965 in the State Film Archives of the Soviet Union, which donated it to the Museum of Modern Art.
Sources differ concerning some of the character names. The character played by Bertram Grassby is given variously as "Judas" and "the city man;" that played by Porter Strong as "the Negro farmhand," "the Negro servant" and "the funny waiter;" that played by Adolph Lestina as "Vinegar Watkins" and "Jim Darkly;" and that played by Lydia Yeamans Titus as "Old Lady Smiles" and "Auntie Smiles." Captain Victor Marier was one of D.W. Griffith's pseudonyms. According to modern sources, the film editor was James Smith, and Carol Dempster, in her film debut, played a girl whom John Logan, Jr., meets in New York.
Editor James Smith also edited D.W. Griffith's Naissance d'une nation (1915), working with Griffith for 9 years until 1930. Thereafter, he worked at Paramount Studios from 1935 until 1941 and then with United Artists from 1944 to 1947. From then until 1958, he worked exclusively on television series such as Highway Patrol (1955) and Bat Masterson (1958).
Cinematographer G.W. Bitzer also filmed D.W. Griffith's Naissance d'une nation (1915), Intolérance (1916) and Le lys brisé (1919).
Cameraman operator Karl Brown also worked on D.W. Griffith's Naissance d'une nation (1915) and Intolérance (1916).