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 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
Production
Insane $5M budget, full White House replica built
Cinematography
Technicolor glow that makes politics look edible
Director
Henry King
Alexander Knox
Woodrow Wilson
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Edith Bolling Galt
Thomas Mitchell
Joseph Tumulty
Ruth Nelson
Ellen Wilson
Cedric Hardwicke
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
Charles Coburn
Professor Henry Holmes
Vincent Price
William Gibbs McAdoo
William Eythe
George Felton
Mary Anderson
Eleanor Wilson
Ruth Ford
Margaret Wilson
Sidney Blackmer
Josephus Daniels
Stanley Ridges
Dr. Cary Grayson
Eddie Foy Jr.
Eddie Foy
Charles Halton
Colonel House
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fox built an exact replica of the White House in Beverly Hills, then couldn't afford to demolish it — other studios rented it for decades.
This film's massive flop convinced studios that prestige biopics were box office poison until Patton in 1970.
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