Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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The Newspaper Women's Club of Washington through the courtesy of RKO Radio Pictures has the honor to present "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" to support the Club's bed in Children's Hospital and for the Fellowship Fund of the Newspaper Women's Club. The City of Washington fittingly has been selected for the world premiere engagement of the motion picutre ot the sensationally acclaimed hit, Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer prize play "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," with Raymond Massey. The producing staff: Produced by Max Gordon, directed by John Cromwell, screen play by Robert E. Sherwood, adaptation by Grover Jones based on the Pulitzer Prize play produced by the Playwrights' Company. Musical score by Roy Webb, director of photography, James Wong Howe, A.S.C., specail effects by Vernon L. Walker, A.S.C., art director, Van Nest Polglase, art associate, Carroll Clark, set decorations by Casey Roberts, wardrobe by Walter Plunkett, montage by Douglas Travers, edited by George Hively, assistant director Dewey Starkey, dance director, David Robel. RKO Radio picture.