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Abraham Lincoln
Biography, Drama, History, War
The first act of the film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann Rutledge, and his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd in Springfield. The majority of the film deals with Lincoln's presidency during the American Civil War and culminates with Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre.
Movie Info
Directed by: D. W. Griffith
Starring: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne
Written by: Stephen Vincent Benet, John W. Considine Jr., Gerrit J. Lloyd
Music by: Hugo Riesenfeld
Release dates: 1930
Running time: 97 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
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