Young Mr. Lincoln

Synopsis: Ten years in the life of Abraham Lincoln, before he became known to his nation and the world. He moves from a Kentucky cabin to Springfield, Illinois, to begin his law practice. He defends two men accused of murder in a political brawl, suffers the death of his girlfriend Ann, courts his future wife Mary Todd, and agrees to go into politics.

Genre: Biography, Drama

Director(s): John Ford

Actors: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan

Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination.


IMDB:: 7.6
Metacritic:: 91
Rotten Tomatoes:: 100%

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: PASSED
Year:: 1939
: 100 min
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Yes, we'll rally 'round the flag, boys
We'll rally once again
Shouting
the battle cry of freedom
We will rally from the hillside
We'll gather from the plains
Shouting
the battle cry of freedom
The Union forever
Hurrah, boys, hurrah
Down with the traitors
Up with the stars
While we rally 'round the flag, boys
Rally once again
Shouting
the battle cry of freedom
I tell you that Andrew Jackson...
that great volcano at Washington...
is belching forth
a lava of political corruption...
which is sweeping over
the length and breadth of this land...
leaving unscathed no green spot,
no living thing.
Sangamon County, take warning.
Send me, John T. Stuart,
back to the legislature...
and I'll see that everyJackson man in office
is whipped out of the place...
like a dog out of a meat house!
And now, my friends...
I bow to one of your own
citizens of New Salem...
who will address you further...
on behalf of the great
and incorruptible Whig Party.
God bless it.
Gentlemen and fellow citizens...
I presume you all know who I am.
I'm plain Abraham Lincoln.
I've been solicited by many friends...
to become a candidate
for the legislature.
My politics are short and sweet...
like the old woman's dance.
I'm in favor of a national bank...
of the internal improvement system...
and high protective tariff.
These are my sentiments...
and political principles.
If elected, I shall be thankful.
If not...
it'll be all the same.
Hey, Abe.!
Somebody wants
to do business with you.
- Howdy, ma'am. Howdy.
- Howdy.
- How you been making out?
- Right good.
We ain't hit the hard places yet.
- Won't you get down and rest yourself?
- Well, thank you.
We was aimin' to stretch a bit.
My old woman figured on
gettin' some flannel for shirts.
- I reckon that could be arranged.
- Yeah, but...
we ain't got any money.
Well, you can send it to me.
We don't aim to ask for no credit.
If it'll ease your mind any, ma'am,
the whole shebang here's worked on credit.
That's right, Abe.
Berry and me never put up a penny to start with,
and the way things look we never will.
Well, there's an old barrel in the wagon
that might be worth 50 cents to some folks.
Of course, there ain't much in it.
Just some old things laying around the house.
Along with some books
that belonged to my grandpappy.
- Books?
Yeah, in the last barrel.
Books.
Well, you folks go in the store
and help yourself.
I'll go on back and get the barrel.
"Blackstone's Commentaries".
That's law.
Law. I knew that book
was about somethin'.
Hardly a thumb mark on it either.
No, sir. We took
mighty good care of it.
Reckon you can read it, sir?
I expect I could make head or tails out of it,
if I set my mind to it.
Law.
Law.
That's the rights of persons
and the rights of things.
The rights of life,
reputation and liberty.
The rights to acquire
and hold property.
"Wrongs are violations
of those rights".
By jing, that's all there is to it.
Right and wrong.
Maybe I ought to begin
to take this up serious.
Hello, Mr. Lincoln.
- Abe.
- Well, hello, Ann.
Give me a minute
to try and untangle myself.
Aren't you afraid you'll put your eyes out
reading like that upside-down?
Trouble is, Ann, when I'm standin' up
my mind's lyin' down.
When I'm lyin' down,
my mind's standin' up.
Of course, allowin' I got a mind.
You've a wonderful mind, Abe,
and you know it.
River sure looks pretty today, ain't it?
You think a lot about things,
don't you?
Well, my brain gets to itchin' inside sometimes,
I gotta scratch it.
Father says you've
a real head on your shoulders...
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