The Bill of Rights
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.
1939-08-19
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Cast
Director
Crane Wilbur
Ted Osborne as James Madison
Moroni Olsen as Royal Governor Dunmore
Leonard Mudie as Moreland
Vernon Steele as Thomas Jefferson
John Hamilton as Colonel George Mason
Tom Chatterton as Richard Henry Lee
Sidney Bracey as Colonist
Creighton Hale as New York Congressman
John Harron as Carter
William Hopper as Courier
Olaf Hytten as King George III
Boyd Irwin as Captain Collins
Glenn Langan as North Carolina Congressman
John Litel as Patrick Henry
Jack Mower as Virginia Congressman
John Ridgely as Massachusetts Congressman
Russell Simpson as Frontiersman