A Failure at Fifty
(1940)

Released: 1940-07-01

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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.

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Edmund Glover

as Abe Lincoln

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Mary Anderson

as Ann Rutledge

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Truman Bradley

as Lincoln's Friend

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Carey Wilson

as Narrator (voice)

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Margaret Bert

as Ann's Rutledge's Mother (uncredited)

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George Chesebro

as Creditor (uncredited)

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Naomi Childers

as Partner (uncredited)

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Jules Cowles

as Member of the Senate (uncredited)

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Edward Coxen

as Farmer (uncredited)

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Olin Francis

as Trader (uncredited)

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Edward Hearn

as Partner (uncredited)

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Claire McDowell

as Minor Role (uncredited)

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Jack Mulhall

as Partner (uncredited)

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Emmett Vogan

as 50 Year Old Jobless Man (uncredited)

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Will Jason

Director

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Carey Wilson

Producer

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Paul Marquardt

Orchestrator

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Daniele Amfitheatrof

Original Music Composer

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C. Bakaleinikoff

Original Music Composer

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Arno B. Reincke

Story

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Howard Dimsdale

Screenplay

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Adrienne Fazan

Editor

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Paul Vogel

Director of Photography

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