The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights

1939-08-19 - 21 minutes

6.00 / 10

Overview

This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

Screenplay

Director of Photography - W. Howard Greene

Genres

Drama

History

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Cast

Ted Osborne

Ted Osborne

James Madison

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Royal Governor Dunmore

Vernon Steele

Vernon Steele

Thomas Jefferson

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Colonel George Mason

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

New York Congressman

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

King George III

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

Captain Collins

Glenn Langan

Glenn Langan

North Carolina Congressman

John Litel

John Litel

Patrick Henry

Jack Mower

Jack Mower

Virginia Congressman

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Massachusetts Congressman

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Frontiersman