The Bill of Rights (1939)
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.
The Bill of RightsDrama, History
Cast
- Ted Osborne — James Madison
- Moroni Olsen — Royal Governor Dunmore
- Leonard Mudie — Moreland
- Vernon Steele — Thomas Jefferson
- John Hamilton — Colonel George Mason
- Raymond Brown
- Tom Chatterton — Richard Henry Lee
- Sidney Bracey — Colonist
- Creighton Hale — New York Congressman
- John Harron — Carter
- William Hopper — Courier
- Olaf Hytten — King George III
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