The Bill of Rights (1939)
19390h 21mDramaHistory
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 OsborneJames Madison
Moroni OlsenRoyal Governor Dunmore
Leonard MudieMoreland
Vernon SteeleThomas Jefferson
John HamiltonColonel George Mason- RRaymond Brown
Tom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee
Sidney BraceyColonist
Creighton HaleNew York Congressman
John HarronCarter
William HopperCourier
Olaf HyttenKing George III
Boyd IrwinCaptain Collins
Glenn LanganNorth Carolina Congressman- CCharles Frederick LindsleyNarrator (voice)
John LitelPatrick Henry
Jack MowerVirginia Congressman
John RidgelyMassachusetts Congressman
Crew
- Director
- Crane Wilbur
- Writers
- Charles L. Tedford
- Producers
- Gordon Hollingshead
- Cinematography
- W. Howard Greene
- Editing
- Everett Dodd
Details
- Released
- August 19, 1939
- Language
- English
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- IMDb
- tt0031099