★★½
Directed by: D. W. Griffith
Written by: Stephen Vincent Benet
Starring: Walter Huston, Una Murkel
The life and times of Lincoln, the savior of a nation.
Griffith's take on the life of the Great Emancipator is well-meaning, but somewhere along the way it falls a bit flat. The acting is a bit overripe, and things aren't helped by miscasting (such as Murkel as Lincoln's first lover, Ann Rutledge) and historical inaccuracies. The spectacle is imposing but cannot quite compensate.
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