D.W. Griffith Presents Abraham Lincoln
by D. W. Griffith
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Actor: Helen Freeman, Lucille Laverne, Una Merkel, Walter Houston, William L. ThorneDirector: D. W. Griffith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC
Running Time: 97 minutes
Published: 2003
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-15
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Miracle Pictures
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Movie Review: BARGAIN BIN BUY!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This dvd produced by Miracle Productions offers a pretty good version of this "old chestnut" concerning the life , career & death of Abraham Lincoln. The image is quite clear & the audio acceptable. This is a GREAT buy if you can pick one up at a local SAV-A-LOT or someplace similar (like I did) for a buck. The asking price of $17.98 is a bit steep for this NO-FRILLS release.
Griffith did OK by this film but his style & method of film making was already being considered "old fashioned" even for the early sound era. And Griffith himself was easily a much more assured director in the silent era...just compare the assassination of Lincoln in this soundie to the superior version of the same incident in THE BIRTH OF A NATION. The tension, the dramatic...all gone. It really goes to show how the far the MASTER had fallen, or in all fairness, had been left behind.
Now mind you, I'm not putting down this film or Griffith. I truly believe that this is an important film & needs to be seen...by YOU. And the version here presented by Miracle is quite acceptable, but you needn't pay the price when it can be had from Amazon dealers for a couple bucks. Please buy this classic & enjoy this slice of Americana, it's well worth the investment and a "keeper" to your dvd library.
Summary of D.W. Griffith Presents Abraham Lincoln
Directed by D.W. Griffith, this Lincoln effort was one of the great talking films of the post-silent film era. These brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life includes his birth, early jobs, his affair with Ann Rutledge, his courtship of Mary Todd and the Lincoln/Douglas debates. His presidency and the Civil War are covered in more detail, and the film concludes with the assasination. Walter Huston stars as the beloved President.Action & Adventure DVD Video
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