Directed by:
D.W. GriffithCinematography:
Karl StrussCast:
Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Otto Hoffman, Russell Simpson, Helen Ware, E. Alyn Warren, Jason Robards Sr., Ian Keith, Oscar Apfel, Hobart Bosworth (more)Plots(1)
Brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, (unsubstantiated) affair with Ann Rutledge, courtship of Mary Todd, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates; his presidency and the Civil War are followed in somewhat more detail, though without actual battle scenes; film concludes with the assassination. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Walter Huston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360037_3bc864.png)
Walter Huston
Canada
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
![Una Merkel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/538/162538380_4a12bf.jpg)
Una Merkel
USA
Best movies:
The Parent Trap (1961)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Saratoga (1937)
![Otto Hoffman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/566/160566265_f21065.jpg)
Otto Hoffman
USA
Best movies:
Ball of Fire (1941)
Texas (1941)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
![Russell Simpson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505177_270187.jpg)
Russell Simpson
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Dodge City (1939)
![Helen Ware](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579947_a052ab.jpg)
Helen Ware
USA
Best movies:
Morning Glory (1933)
Abraham Lincoln (1930)
![E. Alyn Warren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/011/160011766_9ba712.jpg)
E. Alyn Warren
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Double Wedding (1937)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
![Jason Robards Sr.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/726/159726641_6d702e.jpg)
Jason Robards Sr.
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Juarez (1939)
Wild in the Country (1961)
![Ian Keith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673894_e4f198.jpg)
Ian Keith
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
The Big Trail (1930)
![Oscar Apfel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/885/93885970_005004.jpg)
Oscar Apfel
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Conquest (1937)
![Hobart Bosworth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/153/626/153626372_2c177a.jpg)
Hobart Bosworth
USA
Best movies:
Behind the Door (1919)
The Big Parade (1925)
The Crusades (1935)
![Henry B. Walthall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/109/309/109309448_de87af.jpg)
Henry B. Walthall
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
London After Midnight (1927)
Chandu the Magician (1932)
![Henry Kolker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279910_6b3d4f.jpg)
Henry Kolker
USA
Best movies:
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Holiday (1938)
Union Pacific (1939)
![Robert Homans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/480/159480886_ec12f7.jpg)
Robert Homans
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
It Started with Eve (1941)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
![Hank Bell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/950/159950776_150988.jpg)
Hank Bell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Texas (1941)
Dodge City (1939)
![Mary Forbes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/579/160579953_a8880d.jpg)
Mary Forbes
UK
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Captain Blood (1935)
![Maurice Black](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/732/160732560_7b291a.jpg)
Maurice Black
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
![Edgar Dearing](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/802/160802929_87d04b.jpg)
Edgar Dearing
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Ralph Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
San Francisco (1936)
Scott Seaton
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
North by Northwest (1959)
![Ed Brady](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/478/161478466_1e24b1.jpg)
Ed Brady
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
City Girl (1930)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)