Hal Holbrook also appeared as Lincoln in a 1965 Encyclopaedia Britannica
film titled "The Great Debate: Lincoln versus Douglas." I still use it
in my U.S. and Illinois history classes; our college library received
permission to copy the film to VHS and DVD.

Jim Edstrom

<-----Original Message-----> 
>From: Larry Howe [[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 1/7/2013 12:36:45 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: HH and Lincoln
>
>Amazon's got the Holbrook Lincoln film and the Watterston film (with = 
>MTMoore as MTLincoln) each for around 6 bucks.=20 
>
>--LH 
>
>On Jan 7, 2013, at 12:26 PM, Harold Bush wrote: 
>
>> James Cornelius, curator at the Lincoln Library, mentioned to me that
= 
>one 
>> of his favorite Lincoln films was on TV, with Hal Holbrook!! 
>>=20 
>> so our legendary Twain actor also did Lincoln -- HH as both the = 
>Lincoln of 
>> our literature and the Mark Twain of our politics!! I wonder if that 
>> version -- with Mary Tyler Moore -- is available out there
somewhere?? 
>>=20 
>> I'm a little surprised about the Holbrook mention, thanks for that. =
>take a 
>> look at this: 
>>=20 
>> just for fun; of all places, here is a listing of the top 10 Lincoln
= 
>films, 
>> which oddly, appeared at AARP (maybe old timers like Honest Abe??): =
>it 
>> includes the Holbrook version: 
>>=20 
>> = 
>http://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-11-2012/abra
ham= 
>-lincolns-in-hollywood-photos.html#slide10 
>>=20 
>> --=20 
>> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D 
>> Professor of English 
>> Saint Louis University 
>> St. Louis, MO 63108 
>> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) 
>> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> 
>.