Abe Lincoln in Illinois [videorecording] / an RKO Radio Picture ; Max Gordon Plays & Pictures Corp. presents ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Max Gordon ; directed by John Cromwell.
This disc is DVD MOD (manufactured on demand) and may not play on all DVD devices. Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard da Silva. Originally released in 1940 as a motion picture. Film version of Robert E. Sherwood's play of the same title.
Summary:
Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas.
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