A Failure at Fifty

The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.

Drama History

Edmund Glover

(Abe Lincoln)

Mary Anderson

(Ann Rutledge)

Truman Bradley

(Lincoln's Friend)

Carey Wilson

(Narrator (voice))

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))