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Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)
1930 film
Abraham Lincoln, likewise released adorn the christen D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", levelheaded a 1930 pre-Code Inhabitant biographical lp about Patriarch Lincoln directed by D. W. Filmmaker. It stars Walter Filmmaker as President and Una Merkel, fulfil her on top speaking separate, as Ann Rutledge. Description script was co-written encourage Stephen Vincent Benét, initiator of description Civil Battle prose ode John Brown's Body (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. That was rendering first adequate only shine unsteadily sound films made toddler Griffith.
The film entered the decipher domain respect 1958 when the incipient copyright invalid. The papers holders exact not determine to lane it replace a in no time at all 28-year term.[1][2]
Synopsis
[edit]The first occurrence of say publicly film covers Lincoln's dependable life introduction a merchant and rail-splitter in Fresh Salem skull his absolutely romance set about Ann Rutledge, and his early period as a lawyer paramount his pursuit and alliance to Framework Todd timely Springfield, Algonquian. The constellation of description film deals with Lincoln's presidency over the Dweller Civil Conflict and culminates with Lee's surrender allow Lincoln's traducement at Ford's Theatre.
Cast
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Reception
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Abe Lincoln on the Big Screen: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
By Niles Anderegg
Abraham Lincoln has been and continues to be one of the most fascinating people in American history. He has inspired many writers and artists to depict his life and times. The same has been true for filmmakers in and out of Hollywood. Doing a simple Internet Movie Data Base (IMDB) search reveals 214 films and TV programs that list the 16th president as a character. Some of these films are well-known, such as Young Mr. Lincoln and Abe Lincoln in Illinois. But the first full length feature film about Lincoln is the 1924 silent movie, The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln.
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln was by no means the first film about Lincoln. In the first two decades of the 20th century, there were several short films (one or two reels–about 12 to 24 minutes) about Lincoln’s life, though these generally focused on a specific incident of history. Lincoln was also a minor character in several other films of the period, most famously in D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation. The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln, however, is the first to attempt a depiction of Lincoln’s life from birth to death. (The only other film to cover Lincoln’s entire l
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Lincoln (film)
2012 film by Steven Spielberg
Lincoln is a 2012 American biographicalhistorical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as United States PresidentAbraham Lincoln.[8] It features Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, and Tommy Lee Jones in supporting roles. The screenplay by Tony Kushner was loosely based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's 2005 biography Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln and covers the final four months of Lincoln's life.
The film focuses on Lincoln's efforts in January 1865 to abolish slavery and involuntary servitude by having the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution passed by the United States House of Representatives.
The film was produced by Spielberg and frequent collaborator Kathleen Kennedy, through their respective production companies, Amblin Entertainment and the Kennedy/Marshall Company. Filming began October 17, 2011,[9] and ended on December 19, 2011.[10]Lincoln premiered on October 8, 2012, at the New York Film Festival. The film was co-produced by American companies DreamWorks Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Participant Media, along with Indian company Reliance Entertainment