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A Failure at Fifty

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A Failure at Fifty

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

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Cast

Edmund Glover
Abe Lincoln
Mary Anderson
Ann Rutledge
Truman Bradley
Lincoln's Friend
Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Margaret Bert
Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
George Chesebro
Creditor (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
Partner (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
Member of the Senate (uncredited)
Edward Coxen
Farmer (uncredited)
Olin Francis
Trader (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Partner (uncredited)
Claire McDowell
Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Partner (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

Crew

Will Jason
Director
Carey Wilson
Producer
Paul Vogel
Director of Photography
Adrienne Fazan
Editor
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Original Music Composer
C. Bakaleinikoff
Original Music Composer
Howard Dimsdale
Screenplay
Arno B. Reincke
Story

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