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Abraham Lincoln (1930)
An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
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An episodic dramatization of the 18th President of the United States' life, including his early years, affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, debates with Stephen A. Douglas, the election of 1860, his presidency during the Civil War, and finally his assassination at Ford's Theater in 1865.
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Genre:History, Drama
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In Theaters:11/8/1930
Box Office:$400,000
Runtime:83 minutes
Studio:Feature Productions, D.W. Griffith Productions, United Artists
Cast
D.W. Griffith
Director
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
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