Lincoln Speaks for Himself

Lincoln Speaks for Himself

28 mins | Dec. 31, 1955

Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955) uses Lincoln's own words to dramatize his progression from the first political speech he gave in 1832, as a candidate for the Illinois state legislature, to those immortal words spoken at Gettysburg to his second inaugural in 1865.

Lincoln Speaks for Himself

28 mins | Dec. 31, 1955

Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Lincoln Speaks for Himself (1955) uses Lincoln's own words to dramatize his progression from the first political speech he gave in 1832, as a candidate for the Illinois state legislature, to those immortal words spoken at Gettysburg to his second inaugural in 1865.
Producers Christopher Films
Original title Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Directors Alvin Ganzer
Writers

Cast

Reed Hadley

as Abraham Lincoln

Danny Thomas

as Self - Host

Nelson Leigh

as Senator