Carl Sandburg and Lincoln

[Rob Wick]

That's hard to say, Bill. Sandburg didn't have a very good track record with movie making. D.W. Griffith wanted Sandburg to consult when he was making his biopic of Lincoln. Sandburg wanted $30,000 but Griffith only would give him $10,000. Sandburg declined.

Later in life he consulted on George Steven's Greatest Story Ever Told, although I'm at a loss to figure out what Stevens thought Sandburg would ever bring to the picture. It had nothing to do with Lincoln or the Civil War, and Sandburg wasn't known for his theological expertise. I imagine both men figured it would give them some cheap publicity and wouldn't do much harm. The movie, of course, is forgotten today, as is Sandburg.

In his newspaper career, Sandburg wrote a number of movie reviews, but again they really don't show someone who one could describe as cinematic.

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Rob