Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Directors

D. W. Griffith

Cast

Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Kay Hammond, Ian Keith, W. L. Thorne, Gordon Thorpe

The story

thumb|thumbtime=5|upright=1.3|alt=Black and white film clip showing period scenes|Abraham Lincoln (1930) The first act of the film covers Lincoln's early life as a storekeeper and rail-splitter in New Salem and his early romance with Ann Rutledge, and his early years as a lawyer and his courtship and marriage to Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois. The majority of the film deals with Lincoln's presidency during the American Civil War and culminates with Lee's surrender and Lincoln's assassination at Ford's Theatre.

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