Abraham Lincoln
The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!
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.
Director D.W. Griffith
Trailer
Cast
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)