Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)
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Abraham Lincoln, also released under the title D. W. Griffith's "Abraham Lincoln", is a 1930 pre-Code American biographical film about Abraham Lincoln directed by D. W. Griffith. It stars Walter Huston as Lincoln and Una Merkel, in her second speaking role, as Ann Rutledge. The script was co-written by Stephen Vincent Benét, author of the Civil War prose poem John Brown's Body (1928), and Gerrit Lloyd. This was the first of only two sound films made by Griffith.
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Directed by | D. W. Griffith |
Written by | Stephen Vincent Benét (adapted for the screen) John W. Considine Jr. (story and production adviser) Stephen Vincent Benét and Gerrit Lloyd (continuity and dialogue) |
Produced by | D. W. Griffith Joseph M. Schenck |
Starring | Walter Huston Una Merkel |
Cinematography | Karl Struss |
Edited by | James Smith Hal C. Kern (editorial adviser) |
Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld (music arrangements) |
Production company | United Artists |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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The film entered the public domain in 1958 when the initial copyright expired. The copyright holders did not elect to extend it for a second 28-year term.[1][2]