DramaHistory
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.
Directed by Crane Wilbur
65
User score
4 votes
Status
Released
Released
August 19, 1939
Runtime
21m
Language
English
Top 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
Boyd Irwin
Captain Collins
Glenn Langan
North Carolina Congressman
Charles Frederick Lindsley
Narrator (voice)
John Litel
Patrick Henry
Jack Mower
Virginia Congressman
John Ridgely
Massachusetts Congressman
Russell Simpson
Frontiersman
