Poster
The Bill of Rights  (1939)


6.0|19 Aug, 1939|21 min
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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.
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Keywords
american revolution
short film
bill of rights
british colonial rule

Casts

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
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
Virginia Congressman
John Ridgely
John Ridgely
Massachusetts Congressman
Russell Simpson
Russell Simpson
Frontiersman

Crews

W. Howard Greene
Director of Photography
Crane Wilbur
Crane Wilbur
Director
Charles L. Tedford
Screenplay
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Everett Dodd
Editor
Charles Novi
Art Direction
Milo Anderson
Costume Design
Perc Westmore
Makeup Artist
Everett Alton Brown
Sound
Howard Jackson
Music
Natalie Kalmus
Natalie Kalmus
Color Designer

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