Abraham Lincoln [videorecording (DVD)] / produced and directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by Stephen Vincent Benet and Gerrit Lloyd ; story by John W. Considine, Jr. ; the struggle / produced and directed by D.W. Griffith ; screenplay by Anita Loos and John Emerson.
Abraham Lincoln: Walter Huston, Una Merkel, Ray Hammond. The struggle: Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Evelyn Baldwin. Abraham Lincoln originally released as a motion picture in 1930 ; The struggle originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Special features: Mastered in HD from 35mm archive prints; introduction to "The birth of a nation", featuring Walter Huston and D.W. Griffith on the set of Abraham Lincoln; Lincoln's assassination: comparison of scenes in "Abraham Lincoln" and "The birth of a nation"; gallery of photos and original pressbook for Abraham Lincoln.
Summary:
The only two films with sound from silent film director D. W. Griffith: Abraham Lincoln (1931, features Walter Huston) and The Struggle (a man who gives up drinking to marry the woman of his dreams goes back to the bottle years later).
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