An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.An episodic biography of the 16th President of the United States.
- Tom Lincoln
- (as W.L. Thorne)
- Armstrong
- (as Edgar Deering)
- Herndon
- (as Jason Robards)
- John Hay - Secretary to the President
- (as Cameron Prudhomme)
- Young Soldier
- (as Jimmie Eagle)
- Director
- D.W. Griffith(personally directed by)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was D.W. Griffith's first sound film. Abraham Lincoln (1930) was also the first sound film about the Civil War which veterans of that war could view.
- GoofsIn both the Union and Confederate parades, the musicians play trombones with forward facing bells. During the Civil War, the bells faced backwards.
- Quotes
Abraham Lincoln: You know, Ann, I... I've always done a lot of dreaming. And lately it seems when I dream, your face gets mixed up in it.
Ann Rutledge: Does it really, Abe? Tell me about them, Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln: Well, I... I feel as though I'm going to be seeing your face 'til the day I die. Course, I know that that'll be pretty hard on you to have to look at my face that long.
Ann Rutledge: Everybody to their own opinion.
Abraham Lincoln: Hmm?
Ann Rutledge: Well, I... I think it's the dearest, kindest, most beautiful face in the whole world.
Abraham Lincoln: Oh, Ann, Ann. Course, I know that's just flattery, but I love it.
- Alternate versionsOriginally, this film was color-tinted in sepia-tone, with blue for night scenes. These prints also had a prologue. Current public-domain prints are in black and white, minus the prologue with a shorter running time.
- ConnectionsEdited into General Spanky (1936)
- SoundtracksBattle Hymn of the Republic
(ca 1856) (uncredited)
Music by William Steffe
Lyrics by Julia Ward Howe (1862)
Played during the opening credits and often in the score
Sung by an offscreen chorus during a civil war scene
Walter Houston looks to be perfectly cast as 'Abe' - towering and dominant without being domineering and having that air of quiet authority. That he was humanitarian and resisted conflict whenever able to. It was nice also to have wife Mary's domestic quibbles thrown in, making this an interesting character study rather than a stiff history lesson.
As for history, no, I didn't learn a great deal, but didn't expect to. I wanted more to see how one of the great pioneering film directors portrayed another Great Man. The wonderfully produced epitaph in the final seconds showed testament to the power of them both.
Yes, the film's sound is hissy and pretty scratchy (I viewed it on-line at Internet Archive) but compared to most movies, certainly of that era and posted on that site, I found it surprisingly enjoyable and effortless.
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- Nov 25, 2010
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- D.W. Griffith's Abraham Lincoln
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- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.20 : 1