A biography of the 16th President of the United States by D. W. Griffith.
The film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem, his early romance with Ann Rutledge, his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd. The majority of this film deals with Lincoln's presidency during the Civil War before culminating with General Robert E. Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theater.
CAST:
Walter Huston: Abraham Lincoln
Una Merkel: Ann Rutledge
William L. Thorne: Tom Lincoln
Helen Freeman: Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Russell Simpson: Lincoln's employer
Charles Crockett: Sheriff
Hobart Bosworth: General Robert E. Lee
Kay Hammond: Mary Todd Lincoln
Helen Ware: Mrs. Edwards
E. Alyn Warren: Stephen A. Douglas / General Ulysses Grant
Oscar Apfel: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Jason Robards Sr.: Herndon
Gordon Thorpe: Tad Lincoln
Ian Keith: John Wilkes Booth
Originally released: November 8, 1930
Director: D.W. Griffith
Producer: D.W. Griffith
Production Company: Feature Productions
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
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