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

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