Abraham Lincoln (1924)

Directed by

J. Searle Dawley

Genre

silent film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

20 min

Rated

NR

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A short film based on a Broadway play about Abraham Lincoln. It uses an early sound-on-film process and stars the actor who played Lincoln on stage. No known copies survive, only a few photos remain.

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What happens

Abraham Lincoln (1924) is a short film made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film was directed by J. Searle Dawley, produced by Lee de Forest, is based on the 1918 play Abraham Lincoln by John Drinkwater, and stars Frank McGlynn Sr. as Lincoln. McGlynn also played Lincoln in the play on Broadway. Although no copies of the film appear to have survived, some photographs have been preserved. In 1923, de Forest and Dawley produced a short Phonofilm, Lincoln, Man of the People, with Edwin Markham reading his poem of that title. In 1925, de Forest produced a Phonofilm, Memories of Lincoln, with 91-year-old Chauncey Depew giving his recollections of meeting Lincoln in person. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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