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A Failure at Fifty (1940)

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A Failure at Fifty

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Director

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  • Will Jason
    Will Jason

Writers

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  • Howard Dimsdale
    Howard Dimsdale
    screenplay
  • Arno B. Reincke
    Arno B. Reincke
    story "He Could Take It"

Cast

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  • Edmund Glover in The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
    Edmund Glover
    Edmund Glover
    Abe Lincoln
  • Mary Anderson
    Mary Anderson
    Mary Anderson
    Ann Rutledge
    (as Bebe Anderson)
  • Truman Bradley
    Truman Bradley
    Truman Bradley
    Lincoln's Friend
  • Carey Wilson
    Carey Wilson
    Carey Wilson
    Narrator
    (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Margaret Bert
    Margaret Bert
    Ann's Rutledge's Mother
    (uncredited)
  • George Chesebro
    George Chesebro
    George Chesebro
    Creditor
    (uncredited)
  • Naomi Childers
    Naomi Childers
    Naomi Childers
    Partner
    (uncredited)
  • Jules Cowles
    Jules Cowles
    Jules Cowles
    Member of the Senate
    (uncredited)
  • Edward Coxen
    Edward Coxen
    Edward Coxen
    Farmer
    (uncredited)
  • Olin Francis in Cross Breed (1927)
    Olin Francis
    Olin Francis
    Trader
    (uncredited)
  • Edward Hearn
    Edward Hearn
    Edward Hearn
    Partner
    (uncredited)
  • Claire McDowell in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
    Claire McDowell
    Claire McDowell
    Minor Role
    (uncredited)
  • Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    Partner
    (uncredited)
  • Emmett Vogan
    Emmett Vogan
    Emmett Vogan
    50 Year Old Jobless Man
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Carey Wilson
    Carey Wilson
    producer

Composers

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  • Daniele Amfitheatrof
    Daniele Amfitheatrof
  • C. Bakaleinikoff
    C. Bakaleinikoff

Cinematographer

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  • Paul Vogel
    Paul Vogel
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Adrienne Fazan
    Adrienne Fazan

Music Department

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  • Paul Marquardt
    Paul Marquardt
    orchestrator (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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