Abraham Lincoln (1924) is a short film made in the Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film was directed by J. Searle Dawley, produced by Lee de Forest, is based on the 1918 play Abraham Lincoln by John Drinkwater, and stars Frank McGlynn Sr. as Lincoln. McGlynn also played Lincoln in the play on Broadway.

Although no copies of the film appear to have survived, some photographs have been preserved.

Abraham Lincoln (1924 film short)

In 1923, de Forest and Dawley produced a short Phonofilm, Lincoln, Man of the People, with Edwin Markham reading his poem of that title. In 1925, de Forest produced a Phonofilm, Memories of Lincoln, with 91-year-old Chauncey Depew giving his recollections of meeting Lincoln in person.

Abraham Lincoln (1924 film short)

See also

Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln

References

External links

Abraham Lincoln (1924) at SilentEra

Donald Crafton, The Talkies (UC Press, 1999), p. 65

1924 films

Films directed by J. Searle Dawley

Fictional depictions of Abraham Lincoln in film

Films about Abraham Lincoln

Phonofilm short films

American silent short films

American black-and-white films

American films based on plays

1924 lost films

Lost American films

1920s American films

Abraham Lincoln (1924 film short)