Abraham Lincoln (film)

Abraham Lincoln
Directed by	D.W. Griffith
Produced by	D.W. Griffith Joseph M. Schenck
Written by	Stephen Vincent Benet John W. Considine Jr. Gerrit J. Lloyd
Starring	Walter Huston Una Merkel William L. Thorne
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Editing by	John W. Considine Jr. James Smith
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	November 8, 1930
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Abraham Lincoln is a biographical film about former American president Abraham Lincoln, released in 1930. It was directed by D. W. Griffith and starred Walter Huston and Una Merkel. It is sometimes known by the title D. W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln'. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith; it was not a hit at the time, but in more recent years it has come to be regarded as one of the definitive films on the president. Despite this, it contains a large amount of historical inaccuracies, such as having Lincoln deliver his Second Inaugural Address at Ford's Theatre shortly before being assassinated, and featuring the romance between Lincoln and Ann Rutledge, which some historians assert never took place.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

• William L. Thorne — Tom Lincoln (as W.L. Thorne)
• Lucille La Verne — Mid-Wife
• Helen Freeman — Nancy Hanks Lincoln
• Otto Hoffman — Offut
• Walter Huston — Abraham Lincoln
• Edgar Dearing — Jack Armstrong (as Edgar Deering)
• Una Merkel — Ann Rutledge
• Russell Simpson — Uncle Jimmy
• Charles Crockett — Sheriff
• Kay Hammond — Mary Todd Lincoln
• Helen Ware — Mrs. Edwards
• E. Alyn Warren — Stephen A. Douglas
• Jason Robards, Sr. — Billy Herndon (as Jason Robards)
• Gordon Thorpe — Tad Lincoln

See also

• D. W. Griffith filmography
• List of films in the public domain

References

External links

• Abraham Lincoln at Google Video
• Internet Archive: Abraham Lincoln downloadable copy of the full movie, in multiple formats.
• Abraham Lincoln at the Internet Movie Database

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