The Bill of Rights

Crane Wilbur
1939-08-19


6
21 min

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

Name Character Team
Ted Osborne James Madison Unowned
Moroni Olsen Royal Governor Dunmore Unowned
Leonard Mudie Moreland Unowned
Vernon Steele Thomas Jefferson Unowned
John Hamilton Colonel George Mason Unowned
Raymond Brown Unowned
Tom Chatterton Richard Henry Lee Unowned
Sidney Bracey Colonist Unowned
Creighton Hale New York Congressman Unowned
John Harron Carter Unowned
William Hopper Courier Unowned
Olaf Hytten King George III Unowned
Boyd Irwin Captain Collins Unowned
Glenn Langan North Carolina Congressman Unowned
Charles Frederick Lindsley Narrator (voice) Unowned
John Litel Patrick Henry Unowned
Jack Mower Virginia Congressman Unowned
John Ridgely Massachusetts Congressman Unowned
Russell Simpson Frontiersman Unowned