Abraham Lincoln (1930)
The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
- Date of release
- 1930-11-08
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (43)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith.
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