Young Mr. Lincoln
Criterion (1939)
Biography, Drama
In Collection
#14390
0*
Seen ItYes
715515016728
IMDB   7.7
1 hr 40 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Alice Brady Abigail Clay
Henry Fonda Abraham Lincoln
Marjorie Weaver Mary Todd
Arleen Whelan Sarah Clay
Eddie Collins Efe Turner
Pauline Moore Ann Rutledge
Richard Cromwell Matt Clay
Donald Meek Prosecutor John Felder
Judith Dickens Carrie Sue
Eddie Quillan Adam Clay
Ernie Adams Man with Lynch Mob
Sam Ash Extra Dancing at Party
Arthur Aylesworth New Salem Townsman
Ward Bond John Palmer Cass
Virginia Brissac Peach Pie Baker
Paul E. Burns Loafer
George Chandler Loafer
Spencer Charters Judge Herbert A. Bell
Cliff Clark Sheriff Gil Billings
Frank Dae
Director
John Ford
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer Kenneth Macgowan
Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer Lamar Trotti
Kenneth Macgowan
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller
Bert Glennon
Musician Alfred Newman


The Criterion Collection

Few historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star pairings embody classic American cinema as perfectly as do John Ford and Henry Fonda. In Young Mr. Lincoln, their first collaboration, Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career as the young president-to-be struggling with an incendiary murder case as a novice lawyer. Compassionate and assured, this is an indelible piece of Americana .
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Collection
Distributor Criterion
Release Date 2/14/2006
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 2

Features
Disc 01 A profile of John Ford's early career and a talk show episode featuring Henry Fonda, both from the BBC.
Archival audio interviews with Ford and Fonda, conducted by the filmmaker's grandson Dan Ford.
Academy Award Theater radio dramatization of Young Mr. Lincoln, downloadable as an MP3 file.
Gallery of Production Documents
28 page booklet featuring critic Geoffrey O'Brien and an homage to Ford by Sergei Eisenstein.