Sean Wilentz on Lincoln and Lincoln movies

[Rob Wick]

Interesting piece in the New Republic by Sean Wilentz on the Speilberg movie and other Hollywood attempts to capture Lincoln.

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Rob

[Thomas Thorne]

Excellent Article,Rob

Raymond Massey was so smitten by Lincoln that he would show up at Hollywood parties dressed as Lincoln. This prompted the famous comedy playwright, George S. Kaufman to crack that "Massey would not be satisfied until he was assassinated."
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[J. Beckert]

I think he made a career out of playing Lincoln after that film, most of it on the stage. He was also an heir to the Massey-Ferguson tractor fortune.

[Liz Rosenthal]

Thanks for the link to the article! I can never get enough of these long musings about Lincoln.

[LincolnMan]

Great article. Thanks, Rob.

[LincolnMan]

Just for the sheer joy of it, check out the scene in the movie The Littlest Rebel with Shirley Temple. She is the daughter of an imprisoned Confederate soldier seeking Lincoln to pardon him. It's so dog-gone charming!