This time Lincoln is played by Henry Fonda as a struggling lawyer. Meanwhile, society belle Mary Todd (Marjorie Weaver) is clearly attracted to him, even though he is too shy to openly court her, and her relatives prefer rival suitor Stephen Douglas (Milburn Stone). A former journalist, screenwriter Lamar Trotti filled the trial scenes with details from a trial that he had reported on. A very good film, it would have been great if it had not been weighed down by the early scenes in New Salem. In 1832, a family traveling through New Salem, Illinois in its wagon need groceries from Lincoln's (Henry Fonda) store, and the only thing of value that they have to trade is a barrel of old books including a law book, Blackstone's Commentaries. I recall years ago Fonda telling that as a young actor he was understandably nervous about playing Abraham Lincoln and scared he wouldn't live up to the challenge. Following the unexpected death of his first love, Ann Rutledge, he moves to Springfield to open a law firm. You can support History on Film while doing your regular shopping. When Lincoln decided to emancipate the slaves, it seemed likely that he would lose the 1864 election, but several victories on the battlefield ensured that he was given a second term with a sizeable majority. From left, Judith Dickens, Alice Brady, Arleen Whelan and Henry Fonda as the future president in John Ford’s “Young Mr. Lincoln,” now out on Blu-ray. While the two were close, it is doubtful that she pursued him, since she was already engaged when they knew each other. THE APARTMENT Billy Wilder’s 1960 comedy, in which Jack Lemmon plays a salaryman who lends his home to his superiors for trysts with, among others, Shirley MacLaine, gets the deluxe treatment in this 4K digital restoration that comes complete with hardcover notes.
Lincoln does single-handedly prevent two white men from being lynched, but issues of race and slavery never arise. The essay, which was required reading in the cinema studies classes of the 1970s, argued that the movie was designed to inscribe the Lincoln of legend into the world of 1939, cast as the progressive forebear of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. He also convinces it that he really needs the clients for his first real case.
However, the key role is obviously Lincoln, and Fonda gives an impressive version of Lincoln, well, a young Lincoln. His diffidence blends well with his shambling characterization and Ford’s unhurried tempo. The Village Theatre of Everett and Issaquah, Washington has commissioned a new musical based on the film titled Lincoln in Love, book and lyrics by Peter S. Kellogg and music by David Friedman. The film has as its basis the murder case against William "Duff" Armstrong, which took place in 1858 at the courthouse in Beardstown, Illinois, the only courthouse in which Lincoln practiced law that is still in use. Although it is true that the real Lincoln had received almost no formal education, he was an ambitious man and did not need encouragement to start a legal career. However, Lincoln persists and is able, by using an almanac, to demonstrate that on the night in question, the moon had set before the time of death. An Independence Day parade illustrates the youth of the republic, since veterans from the War of 1812 are marching with canes and there is even a handful of elderly veterans from the Revolution sitting in a carriage. Her movie career stalled during the blacklist period; her political career was capped in 1954 when she ran unsuccessfully as the American Labor Party candidate for lieutenant governor of New York. It is referred to as the "Almanac Trial" on Armstrong's grave,[4] and Lincoln proved the witness against the accused was lying about being able to see by the light of the moon, using an almanac. Lincoln prevents the lynching of the accused at the jail by shaming the angry, drunken mob. The story is based on Lincoln’s defence of the son of his old friend Jack Armstrong, who was accused of murdering a man in a brawl. Young Mr. Lincoln marks the first film of the director/star collaboration of John Ford and Henry Fonda.
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