When Lincoln Paid Makes International News

Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The KSC Film Studies Department owns the only known copy of a long-lost 1913 silent movie about Abraham Lincoln, When Lincoln Paid. On April 20, film professor Larry Benaquist screened the movie for the first time in nearly 100 years. When word of this historic event got out, it made news around the world and attracted an audience from far and near. Here’s a sampling of the reports:

Here and Now (scroll down for link)
New Hampshire Public Radio
The Union Leader
Boston.com
USA Today
CBS News
Discovery Channel News
The Boston Herald
WBZ Radio (Boston)
Chicago Breaking News Center
The West Australian

The event generated lots of comments when we first announced it. Did you see the film? What’d you think?