The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

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The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

"From the log cabin to the White House-from a home made cradle to history's page"

1924

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A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

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63 members

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George A. Billings

Abraham Lincoln

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Danny Hoy

Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old

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Ruth Clifford

Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart

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Nell Craig

Mary Todd / Mrs. Lincoln

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Irene Hunt

Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother

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Westcott Clarke

Thomas Lincoln, Father

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Fay McKenzie

Sarah Lincoln

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Charles K. French

Isom Enlow, Neighbor

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Calvert Carter

Mr. Gollaher, Neighbor

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Madge Hunt

Mrs. Gollaher

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Raymond Lee

Austin Gollaher

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Ida McKenzie

Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old

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Ed Burns

John McNeil

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Pat Hartigan

Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove gang

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Otis Harlan

Denton Offut, Employer of Lincoln

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Jules Hanft

James Rutledge

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Julia Hesse

Mrs. Rutledge

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Louise Fazenda

Sally, a country girl

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Robert Bolder

A country politician

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William Humphrey

Stephen A. Douglas

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William McIllwain

Dr. Allen

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Fred Kohler

Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market

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Robert Milasch

Southern planter

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George Reehm

Another planter

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Genevieve Blinn

Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards

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Mickey Moore

Willie Lincoln

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Newton Hall

Tad Lincoln

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Francis Powers

Richard J. Oglesby

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Homer Willits

John Hay, Secretary to the President

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Jim Blackwell

Tom, colored servant

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A. Edward Sutherland

William Scott, Union soldier

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Frances Raymond

Scott's mother

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Jack Rollings

Union sentry

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Merrill McCormick

Corporal of guard

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Frank Newburg

Bixby, Union soldier

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William F. Moran

John Wilkes Booth

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John Steppling

Chairman of delegation

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Wanda Crazer

Dancer

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Walter Rogers

Gen U.S. Grant

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Alfred Allen

Gen. George Meade

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James Welch

Gen. Robert E. Lee

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Myles McCarthy

Major, afterward General, Anderson

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Earl Schenck

Colonel Rathbone

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Dolly McClean

Miss Harris

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Cordelia Callahan

Mrs. Surratt

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Dallas Hope

Stable boy

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Jack Winn

Ned Spangler

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Lawrence Grant

Actor at Ford's

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Ivy Livingston

Actress at Ford's

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Kathleen Chambers

Another actress

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Henry Rattenbury

Stagehand

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W. L. McPheeters

Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service

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Willis Marks

William H. Seward, Secretary of State

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Nick Cogley

Simon Cameron, Secretary of War

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Charles Smiley

Salmon P. Chase, Sec. of Treasury / Hugh McCulloch

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R. G. Dixon

Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy

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Harry Kelsey

Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior

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Joseph Mills

Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General

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Fred Manly

Edward Bates, Attorney-General

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William von Hardenburg

James Speed, Attorney-General

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R. J. Duston

William Dennison, Postmaster-General

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Dorothy Seay

Abe Lincoln's step-sister

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Richard Johnson

Bartender

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