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Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) More at IMDbPro »

(1939) The first collaboration between director John Ford and actor Henry Fonda is a classic American drama about the early days of Abraham Lincoln, when the future president was merely a novice lawyer defending murder suspect. Alice Brady co-stars as Abigail Clay, Marjorie Weaver is future First Lady Mary Todd, and Ford regulars Donald Meek and Ward Bond co-star. Also features the 1990 BBC profile John Ford, written and presented by filmmaker and critic Lindsay Anderson and other supplements.

John Ford is considered by many to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His sphere of influence touched contemporaries such as Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles; as well as George Lucas, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg. For much of his early career, Ford’s home was Twentieth Century Fox where he made more than 50 films for the studio from 1920 through 1952, including such classics as The Grapes of Wrath, My Darling Clementine, Drums Along the Mohawk and How Green Was My Valley. It was one of the most productive director/studio relationships in the history of American film. Celebrating the legacy of the collected works of John Ford and their part in the Studio’s heritage and pedigree, Ford at Fox: The Collection features 24 films as well as the new documentary "Becoming John Ford" by Academy Award nominated documentary maker and Ford historian Nick Redman. The beautifully packaged collection also includes an exclusive hard-cover book which features rare, unpublished photographs from Ford’s career, lobby card reproductions, production stills and an in-depth look at this maverick’s work.