A Failure at Fifty (1940)
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
- Released
- 1940-07-01
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Runtime
- 10 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Will Jason, Howard Dimsdale
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Edmund Glover as Abe Lincoln
- Mary Anderson as Ann Rutledge
- Truman Bradley as Lincoln's Friend
- Carey Wilson as Narrator (voice)
- Margaret Bert as Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)
- George Chesebro as Creditor (uncredited)
- Naomi Childers as Partner (uncredited)
- Jules Cowles as Member of the Senate (uncredited)
- Edward Coxen as Farmer (uncredited)
- Olin Francis as Trader (uncredited)
- Edward Hearn as Partner (uncredited)
- Claire McDowell as Minor Role (uncredited)