Wilson

Wilson

154 mins | Drama, Romance, History, Music | Aug. 1, 1944

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.

Wilson

154 mins | Drama, Romance, History, Music | Aug. 1, 1944

Wilson
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title Wilson
Directors Henry King
Writers Lamar Trotti

Cast

Alexander Knox

as Woodrow Wilson

Geraldine Fitzgerald

as Edith Bolling Galt

Thomas Mitchell

as Joseph Tumulty

Ruth Nelson

as Ellen Wilson

Cedric Hardwicke

as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

Charles Coburn

as Professor Henry Holmes

Vincent Price

as William Gibbs McAdoo

William Eythe

as George Felton

Mary Anderson

as Eleanor Wilson

Ruth Ford

as Margaret Wilson

Sidney Blackmer

as Josephus Daniels

Madeleine Forbes

as Jessie Wilson

Stanley Ridges

as Dr. Cary Grayson

Eddie Foy Jr.

as Eddie Foy

Charles Halton

as Colonel House

Thurston Hall

as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones

Marcel Dalio

as Premier Georges Clemenceau

Katherine Locke

as Helen Bones

Stanley Logan

as Robert Lansing, Secretary of State

Edwin Maxwell

as William Jennings Bryan

Paul Everton

as Judge Westcott (uncredited)

J. M. Kerrigan

as Edward Sullivan

James Rennie

as Jim Beeker

Clifford Brooke

as Prime Minister David Lloyd George

Tonio Selwart

as Count Von Bernstorff

John Ince

as Senator Watson

Charles Miller

as Senator Bromfield

Douglas Fairbanks

as Douglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

as Reporter (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Hughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)

Eddie Borden

as Missouri Delegate (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

as Italian Restaurant Waiter (uncredited)

John Davidson

as Princeton Team Doctor (uncredited)

Edward Earle

as Reporter (uncredited)

Sam Flint

as Orator (uncredited)

William Forrest

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Reed Hadley

as White House Usher (uncredited)

Frank Orth

as Smith (uncredited)

Emory Parnell

as Chairman of Democratic Committee (uncredited)

Roy Roberts

as Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

as Minor Role (uncredited)

William Yetter Sr.

as German Delegate (uncredited)