Exhibit examines Hollywood depictions of US president | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Curator Stephanie Sims poses with costumes and a poster from “Head of State” — part of “Commanding the Screen: The American Presidency in Film and Television” an exhibition at the Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock, on display through March 23, 2025.
(Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Marcia Schnedler)

In the earliest movie about Abraham Lincoln, not a word was spoken. It was 1924, and talking films were still three years away when “The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln” premiered to positive reviews.

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