Abraham Lincoln (1930)
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Genre
- drama film, war film, biographical film, historical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This film tells the life story of Abraham Lincoln from his early years to his presidency and assassination. It focuses on key events like his romance with Ann Rutledge and his leadership during the Civil War.
solemnhistoricalbiographicalstatelyold-fashionedepisodicpatriotic
What happens
Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith. The film entered the public domain in 1958 when the initial copyright expired. The copyright holders did not elect to extend it for a second 28-year term. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Lincoln in the White House (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.