The Bill of Rights (1939)

6.3/10 21 min Drama History

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.

Cast

Ted Osborne

James Madison

Moroni Olsen

Royal Governor Dunmore

Leonard Mudie

Moreland

Vernon Steele

Thomas Jefferson

John Hamilton

Colonel George Mason

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee

Sidney Bracey

Colonist

Creighton Hale

New York Congressman

John Harron

Carter

William Hopper

Courier

Olaf Hytten

King George III

Boyd Irwin

Captain Collins

Glenn Langan

North Carolina Congressman

John Litel

Patrick Henry

Jack Mower

Virginia Congressman

John Ridgely

Massachusetts Congressman

Russell Simpson

Frontiersman

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