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A Failure at Fifty

A Failure at Fifty1940

★5.510 minDramaHistory

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

Director

Writer

Howard Dimsdale Arno B. Reincke

Score

C. Bakaleinikoff Daniele Amfitheatrof

Stars

Edmund Glover Mary Anderson Truman Bradley

Cast14

Edmund Glover
as Abe Lincoln
Mary Anderson
as Ann Rutledge
Truman Bradley
as Lincoln's Friend
Carey Wilson
as Narrator (voice)
M
Margaret Bert
as Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
George Chesebro
as Creditor (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
as Partner (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
as Member of the Senate (uncredited)
Edward Coxen
as Farmer (uncredited)
Olin Francis
as Trader (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
as Partner (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
as Partner (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as 50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

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