This installment of "Screen Director's Playhouse" was directed by H.C. Potter and as was the custom of the show, he introduces this play. Unfortunately, it didn't do much for me...plus, the entire story was fiction.
When the episode begins, Abraham Lincoln (Robert Ryan) is getting scolded by his doctor (Charles Bickford). Why? Because Lincoln is working himself to death. Sure, there's a war on, but he needs to take time to relax and sleep or his days will be numbered. The answer to all this is a doggy....whatever.
I just found the entire episode to be schmaltzy and silly....and I usually hate extreme schmaltz! Overall, a rather weak installment of the show....you can do better and I would have hoped for more from the fine actors who were in this one.
When the episode begins, Abraham Lincoln (Robert Ryan) is getting scolded by his doctor (Charles Bickford). Why? Because Lincoln is working himself to death. Sure, there's a war on, but he needs to take time to relax and sleep or his days will be numbered. The answer to all this is a doggy....whatever.
I just found the entire episode to be schmaltzy and silly....and I usually hate extreme schmaltz! Overall, a rather weak installment of the show....you can do better and I would have hoped for more from the fine actors who were in this one.