The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
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.
- 5.4
- 1930
- Released
- 1h 36m
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield ScottJames Eagles
Young Soldier
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Released
en
$400,000.00
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Reviews
"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 decision to emancipate slaves eliciting a war that threatened his country with self-destruction before