Young Mr. Lincoln
- warm
Warm, steady, gentle drama / biography, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
Our read · Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) reads as a warm, steady, grounded drama · biography entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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