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The Heart of Lincoln
(1922) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4445 feet
Directed by Francis Ford
Cast: Francis Ford [Abraham Lincoln], Elsie Van Name [Mrs. Patricia Calhoun], Valerio Olivo [Clay Calhoun, Patricia’s son], Ella Hall [Virginia Calhoun, Patricia’s daughter; and a school teacher (modern story)], [?] ? [Clay’s sweeheart], Jennie Lee [‘Widder’ Williams], Phil Ford [Joe Williams, Virginia’s sweetheart; and a young soldier (modern story)], Mark Fenton [Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton], [?] ? [General Ulysses S. Grant], Graham Griffith [Theodore ‘Tad’ Lincoln]
New Era Productions production; distributed by Anchor Film Distributors, Incorporated. / Produced by Francis Ford. / Released 1 November 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] It is unclear whether this is an expansion version of The Heart of Lincoln (1915) as is implied by Website-AFI, or an entirely new production. Previously presumed lost, a complete print of the 1922 film was recovered and identified in Greenport, Long Island, New York, in an old box of donations by Dan Martin, an assistant to Joe Lauri of Historic Films Stock Footage Archive in February 2025. A viewing of the 1922 film does seem to support the conclusion that it was an entirely new production.
Drama: Historical: Civil War.
Synopsis: [Motion Picture News Booking Guide, April 1923, 4:57] Character study of the great Emancipator which deals with a few of the incidents in Lincoln’s life. The romance features a broken love between a youth who joins the Union forces and the brother of his sweetheart, who joins the Confederate forces. The Southerner is captured, but the Union officer allows him to escape. For doing so he is tried for treason and the death warrant is brought to Lincoln to sign. He pardons the boy, and the youthful sweethearts are happy again.
Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Historic Films Stock Footage Archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: History: USA: American Civil War (1861-1865) - People: Abraham Lincoln
Listing updated: 12 April 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Pitts-Hollywood p. 16; Sherwood-Best p. 169 : ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-AFI.
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