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
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
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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Broadway After Dark (1924)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.