Abraham Lincoln
The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
1930 | 96m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
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| Writer: | Stephen Vincent Benet, John W. Considine Jr. |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 08, 1930 |
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| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
| Writer: | Stephen Vincent Benet, John W. Considine Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama, History |
| Keywords | assassination, illinois, biography, debate, courtship, american civil war, emancipation, abolitionist, abraham lincoln, proclamation, ford's theatre |
| Production Companies | United Artists, D.W. Griffith Productions, Feature Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $400,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 Scott |
| James 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Stephen Vincent Benet | Dialogue, Adaptation |
| Karl Struss | Director of Photography |
| Hugo Riesenfeld | Music |
| William Cameron Menzies | Settings |
| Walter J. Israel | Costume Design |
| Herbert Sutch | Production Office Coordinator |
| Raymond A. Klune | Production Office Coordinator |
| John W. Considine Jr. | Story |
| James Smith | Editor |
| Harold Witt | Sound Engineer |
| Gerrit J. Lloyd | Dialogue |
| Orville O. Dull | Production Manager |
| Hal C. Kern | Editorial Coordinator |
| Name | Title |
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| Joseph M. Schenck | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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"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 ... cision to emancipate slaves eliciting a war that threatened his country with self-destruction before earning praise and enmity from his emergent and still divided nation. Walter Huston takes on the lead role and is about as wooden an actor as it's possible to get. Indeed, much of this looks and feels like it was a silent film with long, lingering, photography and a distinct paucity of dialogue until it livens up a bit towards the well documented denouement. Kay Hammond breathes a little life into affairs as his wife "Mary Todd" but for the most part this is a rather dry and all too adulatory, rose-tinted, biopic of a man we just don't have time to get to know as ninety minutes wings by. It's watchable, but really only as a "Janet and John" guide to this 13th President.