Overview

A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining chapters: his romance with Ann Rutledge; his early years as a country lawyer; his marriage to Mary Todd; his debates with Stephen A. Douglas; the election of 1860; his presidency during the Civil War; and his assassination in Ford’s Theater in 1865.

Genres

Cast

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

E. Alyn Warren

Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant