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Title Abe Lincoln in Illinois / an RKO Radio Picture ; Max Gordon Plays & Pictures Corp. presents ; screenplay by Robert E. Sherwood ; produced by Max Gordon ; directed by John Cromwell.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Turner Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [1940]
©2009

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD A    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  DVD ABEL    Check Shelf
Edition Full screen.
Description 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Archive collection.
Archive collection.
System Details DVD; Dolby Digital mono; full screen, 4:3, 1.33:1; [NTSC, region 1].
Note This disc is DVD MOD (manufactured on demand) and may not play on all DVD devices.
Cast Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Harvey Stephens, Howard da Silva.
Credits Adaptation by Grover Jones ; musical score, Roy Webb ; director of photography, James Wong Howe ; edited by George Hively.
Note Originally produced in 1940 as a motion picture.
Film version of Robert E. Sherwood's play of the same title.
Audience Not rated.
Summary Views Lincoln's life, from his early days as a young woodsman to his election to the presidency in 1860. Includes his first love with Ann Rutledge, his marriage to Mary Todd, his early law practice, and his debates with Stephen Douglas.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Drama.
Presidents -- United States -- Drama.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Biographical films.
Added Author Massey, Raymond. Actor.
Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957. Actor.
Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985. Actor.
Howard, Mary, 1913-2009. Actor.
Watson, Minor, 1889-1965. Actor.
Baxter, Alan, 1908-1976. Actor.
Stephens, Harvey. Actor.
Da Silva, Howard, 1909-1986. Actor.
Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955. Screenwriter.
Gordon, Max, 1892-1978. Producer.
Cromwell, John, 1886-1979. Director.
Max Gordon Plays & Pictures Corp.
RKO Radio Pictures.
Turner Entertainment Co.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Standard No. 883316125601
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