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The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights

★ 6.5/10•1939•21m•Drama•History

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.

Charles L. Tedford · Screenplay

Crane Wilbur · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime21m
LanguageEN
Release DateAug 19, 1939

Actors

Ted Osborne

Ted Osborne

James Madison

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Royal Governor Dunmore

Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie

Moreland

Vernon Steele

Vernon Steele

Thomas Jefferson

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Colonel George Mason

Raymond Brown

Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee

Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Colonist

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

New York Congressman

John Harron

John Harron

Carter

William Hopper

William Hopper

Courier

Olaf Hytten

Olaf Hytten

King George III

Boyd Irwin

Boyd Irwin

Captain Collins

Glenn Langan

Glenn Langan

North Carolina Congressman

Charles Frederick Lindsley

Narrator (voice)

John Litel

John Litel

Patrick Henry

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