Wilson (1944)


Wilson
Release Date01 July 1944
Budget$4,000,000
US Box Office$2,000,000
TaglineDRAMA AND SPECTACLE UNPARALLELED! ENTERTAINMENT UNDREAMED OF! 12,000 PLAYERS! 200 MIGHTY SCENES! TOLD TO THE TUNE OF 87 BELOVED SONGS! (original ad - all caps)
GenreBiography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming Locations20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor, Black and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBiopic [feature], Political Drama
Niche GenreHistorical Film
MoodFor Love of Country, Triumph of the Spirit
ThemesRise To Power, Fall From Power, Heads of State, Death of a Partner, On the Campaign Trail
TonesEarnest, Sweeping, Tense, Lavish, Stirring
TagsGovernor, Peace Treaty, President, Professor

Wilson is a 1944 biographical film in Technicolor about President Woodrow Wilson. It stars Charles Coburn, Alexander Knox, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell and Sir Cedric Hardwicke.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Professor Henry Holmes

Edith Bolling Galt

Joseph Tumulty

Ruth Nelson
Ellen Wilson

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

William Gibbs McAdoo

George Felton

Eleanor Wilson

Margaret Wilson

Josephus Daniels

Madeleine Forbes
Jessie Wilson

Dr. Cary Grayson

Eddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy

Colonel House

Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones

Edward Sullivan

Jim Beeker

Premier Georges Clemenceau

Katherine Locke
Helen Bones

Robert Lansing, Secretary of State

William Jennings Bryan

Clifford Brooke
Prime Minister David Lloyd George

Tonio Selwart
Count Von Bernstorff

Senator Watson

Charles F. Miller
Senator Bromfield

Woodrow Wilson

Himself

George Anderson
Secretary David F. Houston

Louis V. Arco
German delegate

John Ardell
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Walter Baldwin
Wilson campaign orator

Griff Barnett
Reporter

Edwin Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture

Bit part

White House reception guest

Eddie Borden
Missouri delegate

Jess Lee Brooks
White House servant from Georgia

Granddaughter

Tom Brown
Boy

Barnard Baruch

George M. Carleton
Senator

Harry Carter
-

David Cavendish
Secretary

Alabama speaker at convention

Davison Clark
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House

Russ Clark
-

Ray Cooper
Secretary

Gino Corrado
Italian restaurant waiter

Mary Currier
Woman at baseball game

Princeton team doctor

Frank Dawson
Bit part

Guy D'Ennery
-

Earle S. Dewey
Reporter

Herself, at WWI rally

Ralph Dunn
Senator Robert La Follette

Reporter

Ben Erway
Reporter

Paul Everton
Judge Westcott

Himself, at WWI rally

Edward Fielding
Bit part

Antonio Filauri
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Hughes campaign orator

John Forrest
Reporter

William Forrest
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Russell Gaige
Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State

Gus Glassmire
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Senator

Jesse Graves
-

Jessica Grayson
-

Joseph J. Greene
Chief Justice Edward White

White House usher

Edith Hallor
Bit part

Sherry Hall
Reporter

Man in Wilson's office

Sam Harris
General Tasker Bliss

Dell Henderson
-

Charles Anthony Hughes
-

Gladden James
-

Himself, at WWI rally

Edward Keane
Hughes campaign orator

Cy Kendall
Charles F. Murphy

Emmett King
Senator

Ralph Linn
-

Arthur Loft
Franklin Lane, Secretary of the Interior

George Macready
William McCombs

Aubrey Mather
Hughes' butler

George Mathews
Army sergeant

Larry McGrath
William B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor

Tom McGuire
New York delegate

Paul McVey
Reporter

Lindley M. Garrison, Secretary of War

Albert S. Burleson, Postmaster General

Edward Mundy
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Carroll Nye
Reporter

Frank O'Connor
New York delegate

Anne O'Neal
Jennie, maid

Frank Orth
Smith

Chairman of Democratic Committee

Herself, at WWI rally

Hilda Plowright
Rep. Jeanette Rankin

Isabel Randolph
Housekeeper

Otto Reichow
German delegate

Grandon Rhodes
White House reporter

Mr. Hoover, chief White House butler

New Jersey Democratic campaign worker

Edward Ryan
Soldier served coffee by the President

Jeffrey Sayre
Shoeshine customer

Harold Schlickenmayer
-

Scott Seaton
Senator

Man seated next to Judge Everton

Jameson Shade
John Payne, Secretary of the Interior

C. Montague Shaw
Harry L. White

Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War

Arthur Space
Francis Sayre

Jack Stoney
Reporter

Ferris Taylor
Missouri speaker at convention

Wilson campaign orator

Harry Tyler
Streetcar conductor

Reporter

Will Wright
Hughes campaign orator in Maine

William Yetter Sr.
German delegate

Director

Writer

Lamar Trotti

Producer

producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Editor

Barbara McLean
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Art Director

James Basevi
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Wiard Ihnen
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Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Costume Designer

René Hubert
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Makeup Department

Guy Pearce
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Joseph C. Behm
assistant director

Art Department

Paul S. Fox
associate set decorator

Sound Department

Edmund H. Hansen
sound

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

E. Clayton Ward
sound

Special Effects

Fred Sersen
special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

E. Truman Joiner
key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Sam Benson
wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department

Richard Mueller
associate color consultant

Music Department

Edward B. Powell
orchestrator

Other Crew

Ray Stannard Baker
technical advisor

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

Miles McCahill
technical advisor

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Státní Pujcovna Filmu

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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