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.

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The Highest Law
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ralph Ince

Cast: Ralph Ince [Abraham Lincoln], Robert Agnew [Bobby Goodwin], Margaret Seddon [Mrs. Goodwin], Aleen Burr [the girl], Cecil Crawford [Tad]

Selznick Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Select Pictures Corporation [A Ralph Ince Production]. / From a screen story by Lewis Allen Browne. Production supervised by Ralph Ince. Presented by Lewis J. Selznick. / © 28 December 1920 by Selznick Pictures Corporation [LP15979]. Released February 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm diacetate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln - War: American Civil War

Listing updated: 14 July 2023.

References: Pitts-Hollywood p. 16; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.