The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln is a 1924 American silent historical drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Frances Marion.IMDB entry By the date of release, the film's title was shortened to Abraham Lincoln, since the previous title was regarded as cumbersome.
Plot
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 S. 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, the most prestigious American film award of its time.
Preservation An abridged, two-reel version of Abraham Lincoln is held by the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. The incomplete print is on 35mm and is color-tinted and color-toned. As the film's original length was twelve reels, it is considered a lost film.
See also Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln List of films and television shows about the American Civil War List of incomplete or partially lost films List of actors who have played the President of the United States of America
References
External links
Progressive Silent Film List: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln at silentera.com Theatrical advert for the New Lyric Theater in November 1924, announcing the film, which shares dual space with Circe, the Enchantress with Mae Murray