A Failure at Fifty
DramaHistory
★ 5.5/10194010m
Director: Will Jason
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
Runtime
10m
Language
English
Released
Jul 1, 1940
Runtime
10m
Language
English
Released
Jul 1, 1940
Cast
Edmund Glover
Abe Lincoln
Mary Anderson
Ann Rutledge
Truman Bradley
Lincoln's Friend
Carey Wilson
Narrator (voice)
Margaret Bert
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)
More Like This
6.3The Better Angels
2014 · Movie
The Better Angels
6.3·2014
7.4Richard Jewell
2019 · Movie
Richard Jewell
7.4·2019
6.8The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 · Movie
The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.8·1936
6.8Lincoln
2012 · Movie
Lincoln
6.8·2012
6.5Experimenter
2015 · Movie
Experimenter
6.5·2015
7.2Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 · Movie
Young Mr. Lincoln
7.2·1939
7.4Chaplin
1992 · Movie
Chaplin
7.4·1992
7.3Train Dreams
2025 · Movie
Train Dreams
7.3·2025
7.9The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 · Movie
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
7.9·2019
6.6Radium Girls
2020 · Movie
Radium Girls
6.6·2020
6.4The Day of the Locust
1975 · Movie
The Day of the Locust
6.4·1975
6.1Adventures of a Mathematician
2021 · Movie
Adventures of a Mathematician
6.1·2021
7.1Seabiscuit
2003 · Movie
Seabiscuit
7.1·2003
7.4Rudy
1993 · Movie
Rudy
7.4·1993
7.7Cabrini
2024 · Movie
Cabrini
7.7·2024
6.7The Current War
2018 · Movie
The Current War
6.7·2018
6.5Julia
1977 · Movie
Julia
6.5·1977
6.7Mank
2020 · Movie
Mank
6.7·2020
8.3Dead Poets Society
1989 · Movie
Dead Poets Society
8.3·1989
6.6Nickel Boys
2024 · Movie
Nickel Boys
6.6·2024