Young Mr. Lincoln
1939
| Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 9, 1939 |
Starring:
Alice Brady, Arleen Whelan, Donald Meek, Eddie Collins, Eddie Quillan, Henry Fonda, Judith Dickens, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Richard Cromwell
Summary:
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
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Composed of serio-comic scenes from small town life, heavy with a future perfect sense of Myth-in-the-making, it's driven by tensions between insignificance and monumentality that explode in the histrionic splendour and excess of the celebrated final sequence: Abe Lincoln setting out to scale unseen heights against the portentous gloom of a gathering storm.
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One of John Ford's most memorable films, and not at all the tedious bummer that the title might suggest. Henry Fonda, in one of his best early performances, is funny and poignant as the drawling, awkward young hero.
Exuding nobility, modesty, and down-home wit, Henry Fonda assumes the iconic top hat as America’s 16th president in Young Mr. Lincoln. Far from a traditional decades-spanning biopic, John Ford’s drama instead provides a snapshot of a moment in Lincoln’s life.
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