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...
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Alexander KnoxWoodrow Wilson
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Geraldine FitzgeraldEdith Bolling Galt
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Thomas MitchellJoseph Tumulty
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Ruth NelsonEllen Wilson
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Cedric HardwickeSenator Henry Cabot Lodge
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Charles CoburnProfessor Henry Holmes
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Vincent PriceWilliam Gibbs McAdoo
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William EytheGeorge Felton
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Mary AndersonEleanor Wilson
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Ruth FordMargaret Wilson
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Sidney BlackmerJosephus Daniels
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Madeleine ForbesJessie Wilson
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Stanley RidgesDr. Cary Grayson
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Eddie Foy Jr.Eddie Foy
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Charles HaltonColonel House
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Thurston HallSenator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
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Marcel DalioPremier Georges Clemenceau
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Katherine LockeHelen Bones
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Stanley LoganRobert Lansing, Secretary of State
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Edwin MaxwellWilliam Jennings Bryan
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Paul EvertonJudge Westcott (uncredited)
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J.M. KerriganEdward Sullivan
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James RennieJim Beeker
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Clifford BrookePrime Minister David Lloyd George
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Tonio SelwartCount Von Bernstorff
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John InceSenator Watson
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Charles MillerSenator Bromfield
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Douglas FairbanksDouglas Fairbanks - at WWI Rally (archive footage) (uncredited)
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John HamiltonLegislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
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Ian WolfeReporter (uncredited)
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Will WrightHughes Campaign Orator in Maine (uncredited)