Film

The Lincoln Cycle

8.019173h 35mNRDrama History

Age rating: NR
Director: Benjamin Chapin
Year: 1917

This remarkable series of 10 short silent dramas by John M. Stahl, produced by Benjamin Chapin as a vehicle for his performance as Abraham Lincoln, are structured entirely around memory and recollections of the past.

Top cast

Benjamin Chapin

Abraham Lincoln / Tom Lincoln

Charles Jackson

Abraham Lincoln as a boy

Madelyn Clare

Nancy Hanks Lincoln

John Stafford

Carter

Joseph Monahan

Willie Lincoln

Directed by

Benjamin Chapin, John M. Stahl

Written by

Benjamin Chapin