According to the 14 Oct 1922 Exhibitors Herald, brothers and producing partners Ray and Albert Rockett spent more than two years researching the life of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with University of Southern California professor Dr. Gilbert Ellis Bailey. The Mar—Aug 1924 Picture-Play Magazine review indicated that the relatively “young and inexperienced” filmmakers were nearly forced to abandon the project due to lack of funding.
       An article in the Aug 1923 AmCin documented that the production spent four months and 200,000 feet of film shooting what it called The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln. The cost of research and writing the script was greater than the filming budget. Because of financial constraints, director Phil Rosen and his cameramen created scenes "within the bounds of simplicity." Makeup was kept to a minimum. To cut down on retakes during the three days of filming Civil War battle scenes employing more than a thousand actors and extras, cinematographers Robert Kirrle and Lyman Browning used extra cameramen, including Robert Newhard, Max Du Pont, Allen Davey, and Reginald Lyons. More than 45,000 rounds of ammunition were expended. The list of technical staff was taken from the AmCin article.
       An item in the 20 Oct 1923 Camera noted that Ray and Al Rockett previewed the film, which it called The Life of Abraham Lincoln, in “its first showing before an audience,” at Burlingame, outside San Francisco, CA. “The film will undergo a few slight changes, and be ready for a general release shortly.”
       A 13 Oct 1922 brief in Film Daily stated that the picture would have its first showing before U.S. Congress, President Warren Harding, and his Cabinet in Washington, D.C., although the date of the screening could not be determined. On 19 Jan 1924, Exhibitors Herald announced that the release title had been shortened to simply, Abraham Lincoln.
       According to the 7 Jul 1923 Exhibitors Herald, the Rockett brothers planned to have the film inured and stored in Washington, D.C., or Springfield, IL, until 12 Feb 2109, which marks the three hundredth anniversary of Lincoln’s birth.
       Abraham Lincoln was voted one of the “Top Best Features” of 1924 by the 1929 Film Daily Year Book, as reported in the Feb 7, 1930 FD. The Jun 1924 The Educational Screen also listed it as one of “The Ten Best [Films] for 1924-25.”