The Perfect Tribute(1935)
The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his visitor's identity, regales him with memorized lines from the speech.
Movie: The Perfect Tribute
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Abraham Lincoln
Stratton (uncredited)
Stone Cutter (uncredited)
Boy, Soldier's Brother (uncredited)
Soldier (uncredited)
Man (uncredited)
Everett (uncredited)
Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
Orderly (uncredited)
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