HALLMARK HALL OF FAME: ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dramas presented by Hallmark. This adaptation of Robert Sherwood's Pulitzer prize-winning play portrays Abraham Lincoln's life between the years of 1832 and 1860. In this drama, Lincoln runs for and wins a position in the Illinois State Assembly. Ann Rutledge, his fiancee, dies from fever. In act two, Lincoln encounters slavery as a political issue and becomes engaged to Mary Todd. Later, Lincoln debates Stephen A. Douglas on the issues of slavery and states' rights, runs for the presidency, and wins. As he departs for Washington, D.C., eleven states threaten secession. Commercials deleted.
("Hallmark Hall of Fame" aired on NBC from 1952 to 1978; network affiliation varies after 1978.)
(Beginning with the live telecast of the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" on December 24, 1951, Hallmark has sponsored a series of dramatic specials which since 1952 have been titled "Hallmark Hall of Fame." From 1952 to 1955 Hallmark also presented "Hallmark Hall of Fame," a weekly half-hour dramatic anthology series hosted by Sarah Churchill. The first program, "Dr. Serocold," was televised in January 1952 under the title "Hallmark Television Theatre." This series also ran under the title "Hallmark Summer Theatre" in July and August 1952.)
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: February 5, 1964 Wednesday 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:17:52
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0832
- GENRE: Drama
- SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Drama, historical
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1952-1978
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- George Schaefer … Producer, Director
- Robert Hartung … Associate Producer, Adapted by
- Robert E. Sherwood … Based on the play by
- Robards, Jason (See also: Robards, Jason, Jr.) … Cast, Abe Lincoln
- Kate Reid … Cast, Mary Todd
- James Broderick … Cast, Joshua Speed
- Hiram Sherman … Cast, Judge Bowling Green
- Douglass Watson … Cast, Ninian Edwards
- Burt Brinckerhoff … Cast, William Herndon
- Roy Poole … Cast, Seth Gale
- Staats Cotsworth … Cast, Crimmin
- Mildred Trares … Cast, Ann Rutledge
- William Hansen … Cast, Mentor Graham
- James Congdon … Cast, Jack
- Don Gantry … Cast, Jasp
- Nan McFarland … Cast, Nancy Green
- Joan Hotchkis … Cast, Elizabeth Edwards
- Toni Darnay … Cast, Aggie Gale
- Jack Bittner … Cast, Stephen A. Douglas
- Tom Slater … Cast, Robert Lincoln
- Casey Peters … Cast, Willie Lincoln
- Harry Ellerbe … Cast, Barrick
- Frederic Tozere … Cast, Sturveson