A Failure at Fifty

A Failure at Fifty

10 mins | Drama, History | July 1, 1940

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

A Failure at Fifty

10 mins | Drama, History | July 1, 1940

A Failure at Fifty
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title A Failure at Fifty
Directors Will Jason
Writers Arno B. Reincke, Howard Dimsdale

Cast

Edmund Glover

as Abe Lincoln

Mary Anderson

as Ann Rutledge

Truman Bradley

as Lincoln's Friend

Carey Wilson

as Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

as Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

George Chesebro

as Creditor (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

as Partner (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

as Member of the Senate (uncredited)

Edward Coxen

as Farmer (uncredited)

Olin Francis

as Trader (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

as Partner (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

as Partner (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as 50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)