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)