The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights

21 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 19, 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 Rights

21 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 19, 1939

The Bill of Rights
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.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title The Bill of Rights
Directors Crane Wilbur
Writers Charles L. Tedford

Cast

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

Charles Frederick Lindsley

as Narrator (voice)

John Litel

as Patrick Henry

Jack Mower

as Virginia Congressman

John Ridgely

as Massachusetts Congressman

Russell Simpson

as Frontiersman