The Bill of Rights
movie
Released August 19, 1939
Overview
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
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
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Raymond Brown
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
Crew
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W. Howard Greene
as
Director of Photography
Crane Wilbur
as
Director
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Charles L. Tedford
as
Screenplay
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Gordon Hollingshead
as
Producer
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Everett Dodd
as
Editor
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Charles Novi
as
Art Direction
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Milo Anderson
as
Costume Design
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Perc Westmore
as
Makeup Artist
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Everett Alton Brown
as
Sound
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Howard Jackson
as
Music
Natalie Kalmus
as
Color Designer