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The Lincoln Cycle
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by John M. Stahl

Cast: Benjamin Chapin [Abraham Lincoln / Tom Lincoln], Madeline Clare (Madelyn Clare) [Nancy Hanks Lincoln], Charlie Jackson (Charles Jackson) [Abraham Lincoln, as a boy], John Stafford [Carter], Joseph Monahan [Willie Lincoln]

Charter Features Corporation production; distributed by Charter Features Corporation. / Scenario by Benjamin Chapin. Production supervision by Benjamin Chapin. Cinematography by Walter Blakely (Walter Blakeley), Harry A. Fishbeck (Harry Fischbeck) and J. Roy Hunt. / Private screening on 20 April 1917. Released 27 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Comprised of four short films on the life of Lincoln written and produced by Chapin from 1913 to 1917, edited together to make a make-shift feature film. [?] The series is also listed as released in 10 parts. [?] The film may have been rereleased in the USA by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Series] as The Son of Democracy.

Drama: Historical: Biographical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln

Listing updated: 8 October 2022.

References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 7 : Website-IMDb.

 
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