The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

120 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 2, 1924

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

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

120 mins | Drama, History | Feb. 2, 1924

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Producers Rockett-Lincoln Film Co.
Original title The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
Directors Phil Rosen
Writers Frances Marion

Cast

George A. Billings

as Abraham Lincoln

Danny Hoy

as Abraham Lincoln, 7 years old

Ruth Clifford

as Ann Rutledge, first sweetheart

Nell Craig

as Mary Todd / Mrs. Lincoln

Irene Hunt

as Nancy Hanks Lincoln, Mother

Westcott Clarke

as Thomas Lincoln, Father

Fay McKenzie

as Sarah Lincoln

Charles K. French

as Isom Enlow, Neighbor

Calvert Carter

as Mr. Gollaher, Neighbor

Madge Hunt

as Mrs. Gollaher

Raymond Lee

as Austin Gollaher

Ida McKenzie

as Sarah Lincoln, 10 years old

Ed Burns

as John McNeil

Pat Hartigan

as Jack Armstrong, leader of Clary Grove gang

Otis Harlan

as Denton Offut, Employer of Lincoln

Jules Hanft

as James Rutledge

Julia Hesse

as Mrs. Rutledge

Louise Fazenda

as Sally, a country girl

Robert Bolder

as A country politician

William Humphrey

as Stephen A. Douglas

William McIllwain

as Dr. Allen

Fred Kohler

as Auctioneer at New Orleans slave market

Robert Milasch

as Southern planter

George Reehm

as Another planter

Genevieve Blinn

as Mary Todd's sister, Mrs. Ninian Edwards

Mickey Moore

as Willie Lincoln

Newton Hall

as Tad Lincoln

Francis Powers

as Richard J. Oglesby

Homer Willits

as John Hay, Secretary to the President

Jim Blackwell

as Tom, colored servant

A. Edward Sutherland

as William Scott, Union soldier

Frances Raymond

as Scott's mother

Jack Rollings

as Union sentry

Merrill McCormick

as Corporal of guard

Frank Newburg

as Bixby, Union soldier

William F. Moran

as John Wilkes Booth

John Steppling

as Chairman of delegation

Wanda Crazer

as Dancer

Walter Rogers

as Gen U.S. Grant

Alfred Allen

as Gen. George Meade

James Welch

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Myles McCarthy

as Major, afterward General, Anderson

Earl Schenck

as Colonel Rathbone

Dolly McClean

as Miss Harris

Cordelia Callahan

as Mrs. Surratt

Dallas Hope

as Stable boy

Jack Winn

as Ned Spangler

Lawrence Grant

as Actor at Ford's

Ivy Livingston

as Actress at Ford's

Kathleen Chambers

as Another actress

Henry Rattenbury

as Stagehand

W. L. McPheeters

as Allan Pinkerton, Chief of Secret Service

Willis Marks

as William H. Seward, Secretary of State

Nick Cogley

as Simon Cameron, Secretary of War

Charles Smiley

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

R. G. Dixon

as Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy

Harry Kelsey

as Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior

Joseph Mills

as Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General

Fred Manly

as Edward Bates, Attorney-General

William von Hardenburg

as James Speed, Attorney-General

R. J. Duston

as William Dennison, Postmaster-General

Dorothy Seay

as Abe Lincoln's step-sister

Richard Johnson

as Bartender