The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
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- For the short film made in Phonofilm starring Frank McGlynn, Sr. as Lincoln, see Abraham Lincoln (1924 film).
| The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln | |
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| Directed by | Phil Rosen |
| Produced by | Al Rockett Ray Rockett |
| Written by | Frances Marion (story and screenplay) |
| Starring | George A. Billings Ruth Clifford Irene Hunt Louise Fazenda |
| Music by | Joseph Carl Breil |
| Cinematography | H. Lyman Broening Robert Kurrle |
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Production
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Rockett-Lincoln Productions
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| Distributed by | Associated First National |
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Release dates
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Running time
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120 minutes (12 reels); 150 minutes (15 reels) at NYC premiere |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln is a 1924 American feature film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Frances Marion.[1]
Cast
- George A. Billings as Abraham Lincoln
- Danny Hoy as Lincoln as a boy
- Ruth Clifford as Ann Rutledge
- Irene Hunt as Nancy Hanks Lincoln
- Fay McKenzie as Sarah Lincoln
- Westcott Clarke as Thomas Lincoln
- Charles K. French as Isom Enlow
- William J. Humphrey as Stephen A. Douglas
- A. Edward Sutherland as William Scott (billed as Eddie Sutherland)
- Louise Fazenda as Sally
- William F. Moran as John Wilkes Booth
- Walter Rogers as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
- James Welch as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Willis Marks as Secretary of State William H. Seward
- Fred Kohler as New Orleans slave auctioneer
- Pat Hartigan as Jack Armstrong
- Otis Harlan as Denton Offutt
- Jules Hanft as James Rutledge
- Julia Hesse as Mrs. Rutledge
- Robert Bolder as country politician
- William McIllwain as Dr. Allen
- Robert Milasch as Southern planter
- George Reehm as Southern planter
- Genevieve Blinn as Mrs. Ninian Edwards, Mary’s sister
- Mickey Moore as Willie Lincoln
- Newton Hall as Tad Lincoln
- Francis Powers as Richard J. Oglesby
- Homer Willits as John Hay, Lincoln’s secretary
- Jim Blackwell as Tom
- Frances Raymond as Scott’s mother
- Jack Rollings as Union sentry
- Merrill McCormick as corporal of the guard (billed as William McCormick)
- Frank Newburg as Bixby
- W. John Steppling as delegation chairman
- Wanda Crazer as dancer
- Alfred Allen as General George Meade
- Miles McCarthy as Major/General Robert Anderson
- Earl Schenck as Colonel Henry Rathbone
- Dolly McLean as Miss Harris
- Cordelia Callahan as Mrs. Surratt
- Dallas Hope as stable boy
- Dick Johnson as bartender
- Jack Winn as Ned Spangler
- Lawrence Grant as actor at Ford’s Theatre
- Ivy Livingston as actress at Ford’s Theatre
- Kathleen Chambers as actress at Ford’s Theatre
- Henry Rattenberry as stagehand
- W. L. McPheeters as Secret Service Chief Allan Pinkerton
- Nick Cogley as Secretary of War Simon Cameron
- Charles Smiley as Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase
- R. G. Dixon as Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles
- Harry Kelsey as Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith
- Joseph Mills as Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair
- Fred Manly as Attorney-General Edward Bates
- William von Hardenburg as Attorney-General James Speed
- R. J. Duston as Postmaster-General William Dennison, Jr.
Awards
The movie won the Photoplay Medal of Honor for 1924 given out by Photoplay Magazine,[2] the most prestigious American film award of its time.
Preservation status
Incomplete prints of the film, including some color-tinted and color-toned footage, exist in various film archives, including the National Film and Sound Archive and the Library of Congress.[3]
References
- ↑ IMDB entry
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See also
- Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln
- List of incomplete or partially lost films
- List of actors who have played the President of the United States of America
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln at IMDb
- The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln at SilentEra
- theatrical advert for the New Lyric Theater in November 1924, announcing the film, which shares dual space with Circe, the Enchantress with Mae Murray
