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Abraham Lincoln (1930)An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States. Director:D.W. Griffith |
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William L. Thorne | ... |
Tom Lincoln
(as W.L. Thorne)
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Helen Freeman | ... | |
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Otto Hoffman | ... | |
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Edgar Dearing | ... |
Jack Armstrong
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Una Merkel | ... | |
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Russell Simpson | ... | |
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Charles Crockett | ... |
Sheriff
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Kay Hammond | ... | |
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Helen Ware | ... | |
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E. Alyn Warren | ... | |
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Jason Robards Sr. | ... |
Billy Herndon
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Gordon Thorpe | ... | |
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Ian Keith | ... | |
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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. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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1.20 : 1
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Ann Rutledge: Does it really, Abe? Tell me about them, Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln: Well, I... I feel as though I'm going to be seeing your face 'til the day I die. Course, I know that that'll be pretty hard on you to have to look at my face that long.
Ann Rutledge: Everybody to their own opinion.
Abraham Lincoln: Hmm?
Ann Rutledge: Well, I... I think it's the dearest, kindest, most beautiful face in the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln: Oh, Ann, Ann. Course, I know that's just flattery, but I love it.
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(1863) (uncredited)
Music by Louis Lambert
(Psuedonymn for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
In the score near the end See more »
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One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: In Ford's theater, Booth entered through a door behind Mary Todd, to the president's right. In reality, he entered through a door to the back left of Lincoln, and fired just below Lincoln's left ear. The movie also shows him jumping from the box through the far left opening (facing the front); once again, he actually jumped through the right opening, directly in front of the president, nicking the corner of Washington's picture with the spur on his ankle, causing him to stumble when he fell, breaking his ankle. See more »Quotes
Abraham Lincoln: You know, Ann, I... I've always done a lot of dreaming. And lately it seems when I dream, your face gets mixed up in it.Ann Rutledge: Does it really, Abe? Tell me about them, Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln: Well, I... I feel as though I'm going to be seeing your face 'til the day I die. Course, I know that that'll be pretty hard on you to have to look at my face that long.
Ann Rutledge: Everybody to their own opinion.
Abraham Lincoln: Hmm?
Ann Rutledge: Well, I... I think it's the dearest, kindest, most beautiful face in the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln: Oh, Ann, Ann. Course, I know that's just flattery, but I love it.
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Soundtracks
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"(1863) (uncredited)
Music by Louis Lambert
(Psuedonymn for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
In the score near the end See more »
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