Prisoner Of Shark Island, The (1936) - (Movie Clip) I Ask The Band To Play Dixie

Name: Prisoner Of Shark Island, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I Ask The Band To Play Dixie
Uploaded: 2017-01-30T00:00:00-05:00
Duration: 3 min
Description: Director John Ford opens with a dramatic staging of an even that, though often forgotten, roughly did happen, Frank McGlynn Sr. in one of several portrayals of President Lincoln, at the White House on the evening of Lees surrender, in The Prisoner Of Shark Island, 1936, starring Warner Baxter.

Director John Ford opens with a dramatic staging of an even that, though often forgotten, roughly did happen, Frank McGlynn Sr. in one of several portrayals of President Lincoln, at the White House on the evening of Lee’s surrender, in The Prisoner Of Shark Island, 1936, starring Warner Baxter.

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