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1. Myself (1917)
Biography
Third in Benjamin Chapin's four-film cycle on the life of Abraham Lincoln, this film explores the young Abe's beginnings as a country lawyer and political figure.
Stars: Benjamin Chapin, Charles Jackson
2. Her Country's Call (1917)
Biography, Drama
A mountain girl with an army-hating father, meets a handsome army captain, who teaches her how to love her country.
Director: Lloyd Ingraham | Stars: Mary Miles Minter, George Periolat, Allan Forrest, Henry A. Barrows
3. Lincoln's Thanksgiving Story (1914)
TV-PG | Short, Drama
Lincoln's proclamation of the first Thanksgiving Day in November 1963, is the occasion for a story of Lincoln's secretary's involvement with a Confederate spy who is his brother-in-law.
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
4. Down the River (1918)
Short, Drama
Abraham Lincoln travels to New Orleans in an unsuccessful attempt to reunite a Negro boy with his mother who was kidnapped in Illinois and sold into slavery.
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
5. My Father (1917)
26 min | Short, Biography
The second film in Benjamin Chapin's four-film cycle on the life of Abraham Lincoln, it deals with the life of Lincoln's father, Tom Lincoln.
Stars: Benjamin Chapin, Charles Jackson
6. My First Jury (1918)
29 min | Short, Drama
Abraham Lincoln, the boy, defends a funny little black boy accused of stealing a white rooster. After a swift chase, Jim, the black boy, is captured with the fowl under his arm, and he is ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
7. Tender Memories (1918)
29 min | Short, Drama
A soldier lying in an unmarked grave recalls to Lincoln the story of how his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, was buried in the wilderness without a funeral, and Lincoln tells of his efforts to get a minister who finally performs the rites.
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
8. My Mother (1917)
26 min | Short, Biography
First in Benjamin Chapin's four-film cycle on the life of Abraham Lincoln, this film explores the life of Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks.
Stars: Benjamin Chapin, Charles Jackson
9. In Love and War (1913)
20 min | Short, Drama, War
Despite being disqualified for war service, a young man volunteers as a war correspondent and ends up performing heroically at the front anyway.
Directors: Allan Dwan, Thomas H. Ince | Stars: Wallace Reid, Pauline Bush, Marshall Neilan
10. Under the Stars (1918)
27 min | Short, Drama
In order to convince a doubtful Kentucky legislature that it should remain loyal to the North and oppose secession, Mr. James tells the Kentucky assembly how Lincoln's grandfather father ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
11. A President's Answer (1918)
25 min | Short, Drama
In the Civil War, Dave Elkin joins up with the rebel forces. He is captured and is taken to Washington and put in a POW camp. There, he kills one of the cruel guards and is sentenced to die... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
12. The Son of Democracy (1917)
Biography, Drama, History
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Benjamin Chapin, Charles Jackson, Madelyn Clare, John Stafford
13. A Call to Arms (1918)
26 min | Short, Drama
Lincoln's life in the White House at the time Fort Sumter was fired upon is shown, and the many problems he was forced to face at that momentous hour are brought out with great clearness. ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
14. The Son of Democracy (1918)
Short, Action, Adventure
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin
15. The Slave Auction (1918)
Short, Drama
An episode of the ten-part series "The Son of Democracy", a tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Dramatic film stories of America in the making.
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Stars: Benjamin Chapin, George E. Clarke, Maud Granger
16. Native State (1918)
30 min | Short, Drama
Daniel Boone is one of the characters introduced, and a tribe of Indians take part in the action. The way in which the life of Lincoln was intertwined with the Boone family shows that fact ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Chapin | Star: Benjamin Chapin