Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Name: Abraham Lincoln
Director: D.W. Griffith
Released: 1930-11-08
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, William L. Thorne, Lucille La Verne, Helen Freeman

HistoryDrama

96 min

"The wonder film of the century, about the most romantic figure who ever lived!"

Plot Summary

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.