Talk:Abraham Lincoln (1930 film)

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Character names are indicated in on-screen cast credits edit

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It should be noted that character names are depicted in the opening credits and their form in the cast list is taken from that on-screen billing. For the record, below is a reproduction of the opening credits:

JOSEPH M. SCHENCK PRESENTS D. W. GRIFFITH'S ABRAHAM LINCOLN

FEATURING WALTER HUSTON AND UNA MERKEL ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN BY STEPHEN VINCENT BENET STORY AND PRODUCTION ADVISER JOHN W. CONSIDINE, JR. UNITED ARTISTS PICTURE COPYRIGHT MCMXXX BY FEATURE PRODUCTIONS, INC.

PERSONALLY DIRECTED BY D. W. GRIFFITH

CONTINUITY AND DIALOGUE STEPHEN VINCENT BENET AND GERRIT LLOYD PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARL STRUSS SETTINGS BY WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES EXECUTED BY PARK FRENCH PRODUCTION MANAGER MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS O. O. DULL HUGO RIESENFELD

EDITORIAL ADVISER HAL C. KERN FILM EDITOR ASSOCIATE DIALOGUE DIRECTOR JAMES SMITH (film editor) HARRY STUBBS (actor) SOUND TECHNICIAN COSTUMES HAROLD WITT WALTER ISRAEL PRODUCTION STAFF RAYMOND A. KLUNE AND HERBERT SUTCH

CHARACTERS PLAYED BY IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE TOM LINCOLN_________W. L. THORNE MID-WIFE_____________LUCILLE LA VERNE NANCY HANKS LINCOLN__HELEN FREEMAN (actress) OFFUT________________OTTO HOFFMAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN____WALTER HUSTON ARMSTRONG__________EDGAR DEERING ANN RUTLEDGE_______UNA MERKEL LINCOLN'S EMPLOYER__RUSSELL SIMPSON (actor) SHERIFF_________________CHARLES CROCKETT MARY TODD LINCOLN____KAY HAMMOND (American actress) MRS. EDWARDS_______HELEN WARE

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS___E. ALYN WARREN HERNDON (Lincoln's law partner)_______________JASON ROBARDS (Sr.) TAD LINCOLN___________GORDON THORPE JOHN WILKES BOOTH____IAN KEITH JOHN HAY (SECRETARY TO THE PRESIDENT)__CAMERON PRUDHOMME GENERAL SCOTT (Civil War)_________JAMES BRADBURY, SR. YOUNG SOLDIER_______JIMMIE EAGLE GENERAL GRANT________E. ALYN WARREN SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON____OSCAR APFEL GENERAL SHERIDAN______FRANK CAMPEAU GENERAL LEE___________HOBART BOSWORTH COLONEL MARSHALL_____HENRY B. WALTHALL

The closing credits depict the production logo and THE END.
Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 05:25, 31 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

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