Abraham Lincoln

Released Aug 24, 1930

1h 37m

Biography

Drama

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75%

12 Reviews

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37%

250+ Ratings

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The 16th U.S. president (Walter Huston) is portrayed as a lawyer, orator, husband and Civil War commander.

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Steve D

Too many better made more truthful versions.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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isaac m

I know that this 1930 movie about our 16th President of the United States has some inaccuracies that will make my history teachers in fury, but I have to give credit for doing their best at making a story of Abe Lincoln. I love the performances, the usage of sound, the direction, and the production design. I do feel that the movie had done liberties to make President Lincoln more favorable. Overall, Abraham Lincoln is an ok film that was given to us as a public domain gift.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Pretty well done for 1930. Covered a lot .

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/14/20

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This movie forgot one of Abe's most important events, the Civil War. But still, this movie is very easy to understand even though it is from 1930. The death scene somehow startled me and I think D.W. Griffith did a good job. I rate 5 stars minus a half.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Lincoln was a good biography I love Learning about him and history class I Learned about him. He was a good president!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/12/18

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Audience Member

A good biography on Abraham Lincoln he was a good president I wish we still had him as a president

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/18

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D.W. Griffith

Director

Walter Huston

Abraham Lincoln

Una Merkel

Ann Rutledge

Kay Hammond

Mary Todd Lincoln

Edgar Dearing

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Russell Simpson

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Variety

Abraham Lincoln is a startlingly superlative accomplishment.

Aug 19, 2013

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Working with the sort of mythic material later associated with John Ford, Griffith gives us a primordial Lincoln, perfectly incarnated by Walter Huston, and a dreamlike sense of destiny that his camera fully articulates.

Aug 19, 2013

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Mordaunt Hall

New York Times

It is quite a worthy pictorial offering with a genuinely fine and inspiring performance by Walter Huston in the role of the martyred President.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2013

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Detractors and fans of the divisive Griffith should at least agree, however, on the wearying dullness of this arid affair.

Nov 18, 2020

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Harry Alan Potamkin

The New Masses

The fact that it draws tears is rather against it than for it. The pathos of a tremendous social occurrence should not be refined or lachrymose, but revealing. The social occurrence seldom gets a chance here.

Mar 25, 2020

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

Feels like a relic, a sad, weak swan song from one of cinema's most legendary filmmakers.

Rated: 1.5/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Synopsis

The 16th U.S. president (Walter Huston) is portrayed as a lawyer, orator, husband and Civil War commander.

Director: D.W. Griffith
Screenwriter: John W. Considine Jr., Stephen Vincent Benet
Production Co: D.W. Griffith Productions, Feature Productions
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 24, 1930, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 26, 2011
Runtime: 1h 37m

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