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SKU: KINO203DV Abraham Lincoln & The Struggle - Double Feature - DVD


Abraham Lincoln & The Struggle - Double Feature - DVD
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  • Code: KINO203DV
    Format: DVD
    Abraham Lincoln & The Struggle - Double Feature - DVD

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Starring: Kay Hammond, Una Merkel, Walter Huston

The silent cinema's renowned pioneer, D.W. Griffith, directed only two sound features: ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930) and THE STRUGGLE (1931), both collected on this DVD.

Returning to the historic era of his greatest success, Griffith paid homage to the sixteenth President in this moving drama starring Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre). Focusing on Lincoln's personal tragedies, as well as his great accomplishments, Griffith's film depicts the American icon with a sensitivity and grace rivaled only by John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln.

A departure from the historical super-productions for which he was known, THE STRUGGLE was an intimate drama of an American everyman who falls victim to the debilitating affliction of alcoholism. No stranger to the destructive influence of drink, Griffith pulls no punches in dramatizing its potential horrors, especially in the terrifying climax when Jimmie, tormented by delirium tremors, attacks his young daughter (Edna Hagan) in the hovel that was once their happy home.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN has been mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art's 35mm restoration of Griffith's historical epic. THE STRUGGLE was remastered in HD from a 35mm archive print from the Raymond Rohauer Collection.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Mastered in HD from 35mm archive prints
Introduction to The Birth of a Nation, featuring Walter Huston and D.W. Griffith on the set of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's assassination: comparison of scenes in Abraham Lincoln and The Birth of a Nation
Gallery of photos and original pressbook for Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Returning to the historic era of his greatest success, Griffith paid homage to the sixteenth President in this moving drama starring Walter Huston (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre).

The Struggle

Griffith's rare final film is an all-talking drama that illustrates the consequences of alcoholism, alternating between bitter tragedy and clever comedy - courtesy of screenwriters Anita Loos and John Emerson.