The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

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

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Produced by	Al Rockett Ray Rockett
Written by	Frances Marion (story and screenplay)
Starring	George A. Billings Ruth Clifford Irene Hunt Louise Fazenda
Music by	Joseph Carl Breil
Cinematography	H. Lyman Broening Robert Kurrle
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 (12 reels); 150 minutes (15 reels) at NYC premiere
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln is a 1924 American feature film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Frances Marion.^[1]

Cast

George A. Billings as Abraham Lincoln
Danny Hoy as Lincoln as a boy
Ruth Clifford as Ann Rutledge
Irene Hunt as Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Fay McKenzie as Sarah Lincoln
Westcott Clarke as Thomas Lincoln
Charles K. French as Isom Enlow
William J. Humphrey as Stephen A. Douglas
A. Edward Sutherland as William Scott (billed as Eddie Sutherland)
Louise Fazenda as Sally
William F. Moran as John Wilkes Booth
Walter Rogers as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
James Welch as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Willis Marks as Secretary of State William H. Seward
Fred Kohler as New Orleans slave auctioneer
Pat Hartigan as Jack Armstrong
Otis Harlan as Denton 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 as Willie Lincoln
Newton Hall as Tad Lincoln
Francis Powers as Richard J. Oglesby
Homer Willits as John 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 as Bixby
W. John Steppling as delegation chairman
Wanda Crazer as dancer
Alfred Allen as General George Meade
Miles McCarthy as Major/General Robert Anderson
Earl Schenck as Colonel Henry Rathbone
Dolly McLean as Miss Harris
Cordelia Callahan as Mrs. Surratt
Dallas Hope as stable boy
Dick Johnson as bartender
Jack Winn as Ned 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 Chief Allan Pinkerton
Nick Cogley as Secretary of War Simon Cameron
Charles Smiley as Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase
R. G. Dixon as Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles
Harry Kelsey as Secretary of the Interior Caleb B. Smith
Joseph Mills as Postmaster-General Montgomery Blair
Fred Manly as Attorney-General Edward Bates
William von Hardenburg as Attorney-General James Speed
R. J. Duston as Postmaster-General William Dennison, Jr.

Awards

The movie won the Photoplay Medal of Honor for 1924 given out by Photoplay Magazine,^[2] the most prestigious American film award of its time.

Preservation status

Incomplete prints of the film, including some color-tinted and color-toned footage, exist in various film archives, including the National Film and Sound Archive and the Library of Congress.^[3]

References

↑ IMDB entry
↑ "Awards for The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
↑ "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln". silentera.com.

External links

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln at the Internet Movie Database
Progressive Silent Film List: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln at silentera.com
Theatrical advert for the New Lyric Theater in November 1924, announcing the film, which shares dual space with Circe, the Enchantress with Mae Murray

Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States (1861–1865) U.S. Representative from Illinois (1847–1849)

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