Abraham Lincoln
A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.
Cast
Walter Huston
as Abraham Lincoln
Una Merkel
as Ann Rutledge
William L. Thorne
as Tom Lincoln
Lucille La Verne
as Mid-Wife
Helen Freeman
as Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
as Offut
Edgar Dearing
as Armstrong
Russell Simpson
as Lincoln's Employer
Charles Crockett
as Sheriff
Kay Hammond
as Mary Todd Lincoln
Reviews
CinemaSerf
"Personally" directed by D. W. Griffith, this is a rather condensed version of the adult life of Abraham Lincoln. From his early life in the Kentucky backwoods where he grew up and his first love perished, through to his galvanising speech making, his election to the US Presidency followed by his de...
