Abraham Lincoln
Brief Synopsis
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Cast & Crew
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Phil Rosen
Director
Fay Mckenzie
Sarah Lincoln
Westcott B. Clarke
Thomas Lincoln, father
Irene Hunt
Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother
Charles French
Isom Enlow, neighbor
Calvert Carter
Mr. Gollaher, neighbor
Film Details
Also Known As
The dramatic life of Abraham Lincoln
Genre
Drama
Biography
Release Date
Feb
2,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 21 Jan 1924
Production Company
Rockett-Lincoln Film Co.
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
11,380ft
(12 reels)
Synopsis
Episodes recording the life of Abraham Lincoln from birth to death: saving of his life as an infant, his boyhood years down through his romance with Ann Rutledge, his career as a lawyer and legislator, his nomination and election, the war years, and his assassination.
Director
Phil Rosen
Director
Cast
Fay Mckenzie
Sarah Lincoln
Westcott B. Clarke
Thomas Lincoln, father
Irene Hunt
Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother
Charles French
Isom Enlow, neighbor
Calvert Carter
Mr. Gollaher, neighbor
Madge Hunt
Mrs. Gollaher
Raymond Lee
Austin Gollaher, boy chum
Ida Mckenzie
Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old
Danny Hoy
Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old
George A. Billings
Abraham Lincoln, as a young man
Ruth Clifford
Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart
Ed Burns
John McNeil
Pat Hartigan
Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove Gang
Otis Harlan
Denton Offut, employer of Lincoln
Jules Hanft
James Rutledge
Julia Hesse
Mrs. Rutledge
Louise Fazenda
Sally, a country girl
Robert Bolder
A country politician
William Humphrey
Stephen A. Douglas
William Mcillwain
Dr. Allen
Fred Kohler
Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market
Robert Milasch
Southern planter
George Reehm
Another southern planter
George A. Billings
Abraham Lincoln
Nell Craig
Mary Todd, afterward Mrs. Lincoln
Genevieve Blinn
Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards
Mickey Moore
Willie Lincoln
Newton Hall
Tad Lincoln
Francis Powers
Richard J. Oglesby
George A. Billings
Abraham Lincoln, President
Nell Craig
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
Homer Willits
John Hay, Secretary to the President
Jim Blackwell
Tom, colored servant
Eddie Sutherland
William Scott, Union soldier
Frances Raymond
Scott's mother
Jack Rollings
Union sentry
William Mccormick
Corporal of guard
Frank Newburg
Bixby, Union soldier
William Moran
John Wilkes Booth
John Steppling
Chairman of delegation
Wanda Crazer
A dancer
Walter Rogers
Gen. U. S. Grant
Alfred Allen
Gen. George Meade
James Welch
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Miles Mccarthy
Major, afterward General, Anderson
Earl Schenck
Colonel Rathbone
Dolly Mclean
Miss Harris
Cordelia Callahan
Mrs. Surratt
Dallas Hope
Stable boy
Dick Johnson
Bartender
Jack Winn
Ned Spangler
Lawrence Grant
Actor at Ford's
Ivy Livingston
Actress at Ford's
Kathleen Chambers
Another actress
Henry Rattenbury
Stagehand
W. L. Mcpheeters
Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service
Willis Marks
William H. Seward, Secretary of State
Nick Cogley
Simon Cameron, Secretary of War
Charles Smiley
Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of Treasury/Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of Treasury
R. G. Dixon
Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy
Harry Kelsey
Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior
Joseph Mills
Montgomery Blair, Postmaster-General
Fred Manly
Edward Bates, Attorney-General
William Von Hardenburg
James Speed, Attorney-General
R. J. Duston
William Dennison, Postmaster-General
Film Details
Also Known As
The dramatic life of Abraham Lincoln
Genre
Drama
Biography
Release Date
Feb
2,
1924
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 21 Jan 1924
Production Company
Rockett-Lincoln Film Co.
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
11,380ft
(12 reels)
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Original release title: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln.