The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

"From the log cabin to the White House-from a home made cradle to history's page"

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

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George A. Billings

Abraham Lincoln

Danny Hoy

Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old

Ruth Clifford

Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart

Nell Craig

Mary Todd / Mrs. Lincoln

Irene Hunt

Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother

Westcott Clarke

Thomas Lincoln, Father

Fay McKenzie

Sarah Lincoln

Charles K. French

Isom Enlow, Neighbor

Calvert Carter

Mr. Gollaher, Neighbor

Madge Hunt

Mrs. Gollaher

Raymond Lee

Austin Gollaher

Ida Mae McKenzie

Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old

Ed Burns

John McNeil

Pat Hartigan

Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove gang

Otis Harlan

Denton Offut, Employer of Lincoln

Jules Hanft

James Rutledge

Julia Hesse

Mrs. Rutledge

Louise Fazenda

Sally, a country girl

Robert Bolder

A country politician

William Humphrey

Stephen A. Douglas

William McIllwain

Dr. Allen

Fred Kohler

Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market

Robert Milasch

Southern planter

George Reehm

Another planter

Genevieve Blinn

Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards

Mickey Moore

Willie Lincoln

Newton Hall

Tad Lincoln

Francis Powers

Richard J. Oglesby

Homer Willits

John Hay, Secretary to the President

Jim Blackwell

Tom, colored servant

A. Edward Sutherland

William Scott, Union soldier

Frances Raymond

Scott's mother

Jack Rollings

Union sentry

Merrill McCormick

Corporal of guard

Frank Newburg

Bixby, Union soldier

William F. Moran

John Wilkes Booth

John Steppling

Chairman of delegation

Wanda Crazer

Dancer

Walter Rogers

Gen U.S. Grant

Alfred Allen

Gen. George Meade

James Welch

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Myles McCarthy

Major, afterward General, Anderson

Earl Schenck

Colonel Rathbone

Dolly McClean

Miss Harris

Cordelia Callahan

Mrs. Surratt

Dallas Hope

Stable boy

Jack Winn

Ned Spangler

Lawrence Grant

Actor at Ford's

Ivy Livingston

Actress at Ford's

Kathleen Chambers

Another actress

Henry Rattenbury

Stagehand

W. L. McPheeters

Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service

Willis Marks

William H. Seward, Secretary of State

Nick Cogley

Simon Cameron, Secretary of War

Charles Smiley

Salmon P. Chase, Sec. of Treasury / Hugh McCulloch

R. G. Dixon

Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy

Harry Kelsey

Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior

Joseph Mills

Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General

Fred Manly

Edward Bates, Attorney-General

William von Hardenburg

James Speed, Attorney-General

R. J. Duston

William Dennison, Postmaster-General

Dorothy Seay

Abe Lincoln's step-sister

Richard Johnson

Bartender

Crew

Frances Marion

Screenplay

Frances Marion

Story

Al Rockett

Producer

Ray Rockett

Producer

Phil Rosen

Director

Robert Kurrle

Director of Photography

H. Lyman Broening

Director of Photography