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Abraham Lincoln - D. W. Griffith

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Directed by: 
D. W. Griffith
Story by: 
John W. Considine Jr.
Screenplay by: 
Stephen Vincent Benét
Gerrit J. Lloyd
Produced by: 
D. W. Griffith
Release year: 
1930
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
97min
Genre: 
Black-and-white
Biographical film
Drama
Music by: 
Hugo Riesenfeld
Prequel: 
Lady of the Pavements
Sequel: 
The Struggle
Subjects: 
Abraham Lincoln
Tagline: 
The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
Plot: 
Brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates; his presidency and the Civil War are followed in somewhat more detail, though without actual battle scenes; film concludes with the assassination.
Cast: 
Walter Huston
as
Abraham Lincoln
Una Merkel
as
Ann Rutledge
Lucille La Verne
as
Midwife
Kay Hammond
as
Mary Todd Lincoln
Jason Robards, Sr.
as
Herndon
Edgar Dearing
as
Jack Armstrong
Helen Freeman
as
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Russell Simpson
as
Uncle Jimmy
Helen Ware
as
Mrs. Edwards
Gordon Thorpe
as
Tad Lincoln
E. Alyn Warren
as
Stephen A. Douglas/Ulysses S. Grant
Cameron Prud'Homme
as
John Hay
Ian Keith
as
John Wilkes Booth
Oscar Apfel
as
Edwin M. Stanton
William L. Thorne
as
Tom Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
as
Offut
Charles Crockett
as
Sheriff
James Eagles
as
Pvt. Corten
Hobart Bosworth
as
Robert Edward Lee
Henry B. Walthall
as
Colonel Marshall
Francis Ford
as
Sheridan's aide
Frank Campeau
as
Philip H. Sheridan
James Bradbury Sr.
as
Winfield Scott

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