Drama ·History · 1939 · 21m

The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights poster
Director
Crane Wilbur
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 Raymond Brown as
Crew
W. Howard Greene — Director of Photography Everett Dodd — Editor Charles L. Tedford — Screenplay Gordon Hollingshead — Producer Milo Anderson — Costume Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
american revolutionshort filmbill of rightsbritish colonial rule
Key Collaborators
Crane Wilbur Director W. Howard Greene Director of Photography Everett Dodd Editor Charles L. Tedford Screenplay Gordon Hollingshead Producer Milo Anderson Costume Design
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