Abraham Lincoln
1930 · US
Directed by D.W. Griffith
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.
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Cast
Principal players
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
G
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Crew
John W. Considine Jr.
writer
Karl Struss
cinematographer
