A Failure at Fifty
Drama
History
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
1940-07-01
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Cast
Director
Will Jason
Edmund Glover as Abe Lincoln
Mary Anderson as Ann Rutledge
Truman Bradley as Lincoln's Friend
Carey Wilson as Narrator (voice)
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)