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A Failure at Fifty

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Calorie Rating: 14
Released: 1940-07-01
Running Time: 10 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,

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The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

Director / Directors

Will Jason

Director

Cast

Edmund Glover

Character: Abe Lincoln

Mary Anderson

Character: Ann Rutledge

Truman Bradley

Character: Lincoln's Friend

Carey Wilson

Character: Narrator (voice)

Margaret Bert

Character: Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

George Chesebro

Character: Creditor (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Character: Partner (uncredited)

Jules Cowles

Character: Member of the Senate (uncredited)

Edward Coxen

Character: Farmer (uncredited)

Olin Francis

Character: Trader (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Character: Partner (uncredited)

Claire McDowell

Character: Minor Role (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Character: Partner (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Character: 50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

Production and Crew

Carey Wilson

Producer

Paul Marquardt

Orchestrator

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Original Music Composer

C. Bakaleinikoff

Original Music Composer

Arno B. Reincke

Story

Howard Dimsdale

Screenplay

Adrienne Fazan

Editor

Paul Vogel

Director of Photography