A moving, wonderfully acted version of the Broadway play. An overview of the Presidents life, his ill fated love for Ann Rutledge, and his marriage to Mary Todd.
Raymond Massey, the lead actor playing Abraham Lincoln, was deeply moving as Lincoln and has made a good living, thanks largely to Lincoln ever since.
By
all accounts, very worth watching if you can find it.
NOTE:
The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Raymond Massey) and Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (James Wong Howe).
Raymond Massey - Abraham Lincoln
Gene Lockhart - Stephen Douglas
Ruth Gordon - Mary Todd Lincoln
Mary Howard - Ann Rutledge
Minor Watson - Joshua Speed
Harvey Stephens - Ninian Edwards
Alan Baxter - Billy Herndon
Howard Da Silva - Jack Armstrong (as Howard da Silva)
Dorothy Tree - Elizabeth Edwards
Aldrich Bowker - Judge Bowling Green
Maurice Murphy - John McNeil
George Rosener - Dr. Chandler
John Cromwell - John Brown (uncredited)
Directed by John Cromwell
Produced by Max Gordon
Written by Robert E. Sherwood (play)
Grover Jones (adaptation)
Robert E. Sherwood (screenplay)
Starring
Raymond Massey (Lincoln)
Gene Lockhart
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography James Wong Howe
Editing by George Hively
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date(s) February 12, 1940 (1940-02-12)
Running time 110 minutes
February 6, 2010
