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Tennessee Johnson is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg, Alvin Meyers, John Balderston, and Wells Root.
Tennessee Johnson: Directed by William Dieterle. With Van Heflin, Lionel Barrymore, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main. Biography of Andrew Johnson, who followed Abraham Lincoln into office and became the first President of the United States ever to be impeached.
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- Biography, Drama
- William Dieterle
- 1942-12
Tennessee Johnson (1942) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TennesseeJohnsonDuring Hollywood's golden era, biographical dramas were often a big box-office draw, and...
- 2 min
- 2.3K
- Warner Bros. Classics
In the spring of 1830 in the Tennessee Valley, Andrew Johnson, a young stranger, falters into the small town of Greenville and thirstily drinks from a water trough in the yard of the village blacksmith, Mordecai Milligan.
- William Dieterle, Al Shenberg
- Van Heflin
Initially an uneducated drifter who stumbles upon a job as a tailor in a Tennessee town, Johnson (Van Heflin) is taught to read by librarian and future wife, Eliza (Ruth Hussey).
- History, Drama
- Van Heflin
- William Dieterle
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early life. During the Civil War, Johnson stays a staunch Unionist and upon Lincoln's reelection in 1864, becomes his Vice President.
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