Wilson (1944)

5.6/10 154 min Drama

Overview

The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.

Cast

Alexander Knox

Woodrow Wilson

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Edith Bolling Galt

Thomas Mitchell

Joseph Tumulty

Ruth Nelson

Ellen Wilson

Cedric Hardwicke

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

Charles Coburn

Professor Henry Holmes

Vincent Price

William Gibbs McAdoo

William Eythe

George Felton

Mary Anderson

Eleanor Wilson

Ruth Ford

Margaret Wilson

Sidney Blackmer

Josephus Daniels

Stanley Ridges

Dr. Cary Grayson

Eddie Foy Jr.

Eddie Foy

Charles Halton

Colonel House

Thurston Hall

Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones

Marcel Dalio

Premier Georges Clemenceau

Katherine Locke

Helen Bones

Stanley Logan

Robert Lansing, Secretary of State

Edwin Maxwell

William Jennings Bryan

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