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10-07-2012, 08:34 PM (This post was last modified: 10-07-2012 08:51 PM by Thomas Thorne.)
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Lincoln Assassination Movie Depictions
The climax of the Warner Brothers biopic "A Dispatch From Reuters" starring Edward G Robinson,released in 1940, depicted the Lincoln Assassination and Reuters scooping Europe with the news. In real life the mail boat with the awful news took 12 days to reach Ireland and the important news items were put overboard in a canister ,picked up and telegraphed to London by overland and undersea cable.

Of course being a movie, being first with the news saved Robinson and Reuters from bankruptcy. It is the only movie I have ever seen where the hero and leading lady exchange a marriage proposal by carrier pigeon.
PS I just saw this film for the first time
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Lincoln Assassination Movie Depictions - Thomas Thorne - 10-07-2012 08:34 PM
RE: Lincoln Assassination Movie Depictions - Hess1865 - 10-07-2012, 09:12 PM
RE: Lincoln Assassination Movie Depictions - Hess1865 - 10-08-2012, 12:44 PM

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