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The Bill of Rights

Drama | History

6.0

Release Date

August 19, 1939

Duration

21 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Ted Osborne

James Madison

Ted Osborne

Moroni Olsen

Royal Governor Dunmore

Moroni Olsen

Leonard Mudie

Moreland

Leonard Mudie

Vernon Steele

Thomas Jefferson

Vernon Steele

John Hamilton

Colonel George Mason

John Hamilton

Raymond Brown

Raymond Brown

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee

Tom Chatterton

Sidney Bracey

Colonist

Sidney Bracey

Creighton Hale

New York Congressman

Creighton Hale

John Harron

Carter

John Harron

William Hopper

Courier

William Hopper

Olaf Hytten

King George III

Olaf Hytten

Boyd Irwin

Captain Collins

Boyd Irwin

Glenn Langan

North Carolina Congressman

Glenn Langan

Charles Frederick Lindsley

Narrator (voice)

Charles Frederick Lindsley

John Litel

Patrick Henry

John Litel

Jack Mower

Virginia Congressman

Jack Mower

John Ridgely

Massachusetts Congressman

John Ridgely

Russell Simpson

Frontiersman

Russell Simpson

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