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Bakshy, Alexander | September 17, 1930 issue

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The article discusses the film "Abraham Lincoln" by director D.W. Griffith. Griffith is attempting to recapture some of his old glory. By the standards of his early work he almost succeeds in doing so. "Abraham Lincoln" has an epic grandeur comparable to that of the film "The Birth of a Nation?" It is to be counted to Griffith's credit that the story of "Abraham Lincoln" is completely free of the false pathos. The forthright simplicity of the new film has much genuine charm and one could hardly wish for anything better in the matter of the delineation of character and general atmosphere. Lincoln as played by actor Walter Huston and most of the other characters, are completely convincing in the film.

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ABRAHAM Lincoln (Film); LINCOLN, Abraham, 1809-1865; GRIFFITH, D. W.; MOTION picture producers & directors; HUSTON, Walter; PATHOS; MOTION pictures
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