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Abraham Lincoln (1924 film)

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1924 film

For the short film made in Phonofilm starring Frank McGlynn, Sr. as Lincoln, seeAbraham Lincoln (1924 film short).

Abraham Lincoln
Film poster
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Frances Marion (story and screenplay)
Produced by	Al Rockett Ray Rockett
Starring	George A. Billings Ruth Clifford Irene Hunt Louise Fazenda
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening Robert Kurrle
Music by	Joseph Carl Breil
Production company	Rockett-Lincoln Productions
Distributed by	Associated First National
Release dates	January 21, 1924 (1924-01-21) (New York City premiere) February 2, 1924 (1924-02-02) (U.S.)
Running time	120 minutes (12reels); 150 minutes (15 reels) at NYC premiere
Country	United States
Language	Silent (Englishintertitles)

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln is a 1924 American silenthistorical drama film directed byPhil Rosen and written byFrances Marion.^[1] By the date of release, the film's title was shortened toAbraham Lincoln, since the previous title was regarded as cumbersome.^[2]

Plot

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Cast

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George A. Billings asAbraham Lincoln
Danny Hoy as Lincoln as a boy
Ruth Clifford asAnn Rutledge
Irene Hunt asNancy Hanks Lincoln
Fay McKenzie asSarah Lincoln
Westcott Clarke asThomas Lincoln
Charles K. French as Isom Enlow
William J. Humphrey asStephen A. Douglas
A. Edward Sutherland asWilliam Scott (billed as Eddie Sutherland)
Louise Fazenda as Sally
William F. Moran asJohn Wilkes Booth
Walter Rogers as Gen.Ulysses S. Grant
James Welch as Gen.Robert E. Lee
Willis Marks as Secretary of StateWilliam H. Seward
Fred Kohler as New Orleans slave auctioneer
Pat Hartigan as Jack Armstrong
Otis Harlan asDenton 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 asWillie Lincoln
Newton Hall asTad Lincoln
Francis Powers asRichard J. Oglesby
Homer Willits asJohn 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 asBixby
W. John Steppling as delegation chairman
Wanda Crazer as dancer
Alfred Allen as GeneralGeorge Meade
Miles McCarthy as Major/GeneralRobert Anderson
Earl Schenck as ColonelHenry Rathbone
Dolly McLean as Miss Harris
Cordelia Callahan as Mrs. Surratt
Dallas Hope as stable boy
Dick Johnson as bartender
Jack Winn asNed 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 ChiefAllan Pinkerton
Nick Cogley as Secretary of WarSimon Cameron
Charles Smiley as Secretary of the TreasurySalmon P. Chase
R. G. Dixon as Secretary of the NavyGideon Welles
Harry Kelsey as Secretary of the InteriorCaleb B. Smith
Joseph S. Mills as Postmaster-GeneralMontgomery Blair
Fred Manly as Attorney-GeneralEdward Bates
William von Hardenburg as Attorney-GeneralJames Speed
R. J. Duston as Postmaster-GeneralWilliam Dennison, Jr.

Awards

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The movie won thePhotoplay Medal of Honor for 1924 given out byPhotoplay Magazine,^[3] the most prestigious American film award of its time.

Preservation status

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Incomplete prints of the film, including some color-tinted and color-toned footage, exist in various film archives, including theNational Film and Sound Archive and theLibrary of Congress.^[4]