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Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

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The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!

Release Date: 1930, November 8
Directors: D.W. Griffith
Countries: United States of America
Production: Feature Productions, D.W. Griffith Productions, United Artists
Cast: Robert Keith, Ian Keith, Kay Hammond, Scott Seaton, Kernan Cripps, E. Alyn Warren, Lucille La Verne, Jason Robards Sr., Una Merkel, Mary Forbes, Francis Ford, Ed Brady

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography debate american civil war assassination illinois courtship abolitionist abraham lincoln emancipation proclamation ford's theatre