The Perfect Tribute

The Perfect Tribute

20 mins | War, History | Aug. 15, 1935

The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.

The Perfect Tribute

20 mins | War, History | Aug. 15, 1935

The Perfect Tribute
The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Perfect Tribute
Directors Edward Sloman
Writers Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, Ruth Cummings

Cast

Charles 'Chic' Sale

as Abraham Lincoln

Oscar Apfel

as Stratton (uncredited)

Walter Brennan

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

George Ernest

as Boy, Soldier's Brother (uncredited)

William Henry

as Soldier (uncredited)

George Irving

as Man (uncredited)

Claude King

as Everett (uncredited)

Leila McIntyre

as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)

William V. Mong

as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)

Edward Norris

as Orderly (uncredited)