History Drama
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.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Russell Simpson
Lincoln's Employer
Walter Huston
Abraham Lincoln
Robert Keith
Union Courier (uncredited)
Henry Kolker
New Englander (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Armstrong
Mary Forbes
Actress (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Una Merkel
Ann Rutledge
Henry B. Walthall
Colonel Marshall
Hobart Bosworth
General Robert E. Lee
Ed Brady
Confederate Courier (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Secretary of War Stanton
Maurice Black
Conspirator (uncredited)
Jason Robards Sr.
Herndon
Scott Seaton
Minor Role (uncredited)
Ian Keith
John Wilkes Booth
Lucille La Verne
Mid-Wife
Ralph Lewis
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Robert Homans
A Senator - One of Lincoln's Advisors (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren
Stephen A. Douglas / General Grant
Hank Bell
Townsman in Offut's Store (uncredited)
Frank Campeau
General Sheridan
Carl Stockdale
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
William L. Thorne
Tom Lincoln
Kay Hammond
Mary Todd Lincoln
Robert Brower
(uncredited)
Cameron Prud'Homme
John Hay - Secretary to the President
Kathrin Clare Ward
Townswoman at Ann's Death (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps
Conspirator (uncredited)
George MacQuarrie
Member of Lincoln's Cabinet (uncredited)
Harry Stubbs
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Helen Freeman
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
James Bradbury Sr.
Gen. Winfield Scott
Otto Hoffman
Offut
Helen Ware
Mrs. Edwards
Charles Crockett
Sheriff
Gordon Thorpe
Tad Lincoln
James Eagles
Young Soldier
Jane Keckley
Matchmaker (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch

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