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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. It stars Van Heflin as Johnson, Lionel Barrymore as his nemesis Thaddeus Stevens, and Ruth ...
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.
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.
With inspired direction by William Dieterle (The Life of Emile Zola), Heflin convinces as Johnson "by the sheer sincerity and strength of his performance" (The New York Times), while studio ...
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...
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Overview. 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.
After Lincoln's assassination, Johnson becomes the President and became the first U.S. president ever to be impeached. The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic.
Dec 29, 1998 · Commentator John McDonough takes a look at the 1942 MGM movie "Tennessee Johnson," which tells the story of the career, impeachment, and Senate trial of President Andrew Johnson of...
A chronicle of the life of Andrew Johnson from his first arrival in Tennessee to his time as President of the United States. Movie Soulmates' ratings
