A Sandburg Stumper

[Thomas Thorne]

Dear Rob
Re "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln" I deduce you got yr info from silentera.com, a truly wonderful web site. I see that Frances Marion perhaps the greatest silent era screenwriter who won 2 screenwriting Oscars during the sound period wrote the scenario.

Please tell us what Sandburg thought of the film? Perhaps someone should contact Steven Spielberg and request he finance a restoration of the parts that are left. I fear that some of the fragments may have already turned to a gluey substance which is the fate of all neglected films.
Tom