Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Release: 1930-11-08
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 5.4
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Feature Productions
D.W. Griffith Productions
United Artists
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Russell Simpson
as Lincoln's Employer
E. Alyn Warren
as Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Hobart Bosworth
as General Robert E. Lee
Robert Homans
as A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
as Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Walter Huston
as Abraham Lincoln
Cameron Prud'Homme
as John Hay - Secretary to the President
Maurice Black
as Conspirator (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
as Conspirator (uncredited)
Robert Keith
as Union Courier (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
as Herndon
Ian Keith
as John Wilkes Booth
Mary Forbes
as Actress (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
as Offut
Una Merkel
as Ann Rutledge
Lucille La Verne
as Mid-Wife
Helen Freeman
as Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Kay Hammond
as Mary Todd Lincoln
Oscar Apfel
as Secretary of War Stanton
Frank Campeau
as General Sheridan
Ralph Lewis
as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Helen Ware
as Mrs. Edwards
James Bradbury Sr.
as Gen. Winfield Scott
Henry B. Walthall
as Colonel Marshall
Henry Kolker
as New Englander (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
as Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
William L. Thorne
as Tom Lincoln
Charles Crockett
as Sheriff
Hank Bell
as Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Ed Brady
as Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Robert Brower
as (uncredited)
Francis Ford
as Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Jane Keckley
as Matchmaker (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
as Armstrong
