A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

The Heart of Lincoln
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Francis Ford

Cast: Francis Ford [Abraham Lincoln], Grace Cunard [Betty Jason], Elmer Morrow [the Northern colonel, Betty’s beau], William Quinn [the Southern colonel], Lewis Short (Lew Short) [Lincoln’s secretary]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Gold Seal]. / Scenario by Grace Cunard. / Released 9 February 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Website-AFI implies that this film was expanded to five reels for a 1922 rerelease of the film; it is unclear whether this is the case or that The Heart of Lincoln (1922) was an entirely new production.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln

Listing updated: 12 April 2025.

References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 5 : ClasIm-224 p. 43 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.