A Failure at Fifty (1940)

07/01/1940 (US) • 10m

Drama, History

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Edmund Glover

Abe Lincoln

Mary Anderson

Ann Rutledge

Truman Bradley

Lincoln's Friend

Carey Wilson

Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

George Chesebro

Creditor (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Partner (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Member of the Senate (uncredited)

Edward Coxen

Farmer (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

failure

stranger

mysterious stranger

abraham lincoln

perseverance

life challenges

fifty

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