Young Mr. Lincoln / Twentieth Century Fox presents Darryl F. Zanuck's production of ; a Cosmopolitan production ; directed by John Ford ; original screen play by Lamar Trotti.
Videodisc release of a 1939 motion picture. On disc label: disc one: the film. Issued as part of 21-disc boxed set entitled: Ford at Fox. Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek, Judith Dickens, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond.
Contents:
Candidate -- Education -- Stick -- Damages -- Parade -- Contests -- "Right in the heart" -- Uprising -- Comfort -- Supper -- River -- "Like my folks" -- Selection -- Sixth commandment -- Self-defense -- Jack Cass -- Witness -- Bigger -- Offer -- "Moon bright" -- Page 12 -- "The crowd's waiting" -- Top of the hill.
Summary:
In this unforgettable portrait of the early life of the Great Emancipator, young Mr. Lincoln, after teaching himself law, has barely started practicing when an Independence Day celebration ends with a stabbing. Abe first stops a lynch mob from killing brothers Matt and Adam Clay, and then defends them against a seasoned prosecutor and his crafty adviser. As presented here, Lincoln is a strong but peaceful frontier democrat, his quiet, awkward, folksy demeanor the outward manifestation of a deep humility, and a wise sadness at human folly. His awareness that his attempts to reconcile opposing forces--despite the occasional temporary victory--are doomed but necessary, hint at the character that will respond to the destiny that awaits him.
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