The Bill of Rights (1939)

The Bill of Rights Poster

21min | Drama, History | Aug 19, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Crane Wilbur

Producer:

Writer(s):

Story:

User Reviews

No user reviews found...

Cast & Crew

Cast (12 Members)

Massachusetts Congressman

Courier

Russell Simpson

Frontiersman

Colonel George Mason

Patrick Henry

Richard Henry Lee

North Carolina Congressman

New York Congressman

James Madison

Virginia Congressman

Captain Collins

Charles Frederick Lindsley

Narrator (voice)

John Ridgely Massachusetts Congressman

William Hopper Courier

Russell Simpson Frontiersman

John Hamilton Colonel George Mason

John Litel Patrick Henry

Tom Chatterton Richard Henry Lee

Glenn Langan North Carolina Congressman

Creighton Hale New York Congressman

Ted Osborne James Madison

Jack Mower Virginia Congressman

Boyd Irwin Captain Collins

Charles Frederick Lindsley Narrator (voice)

Crew (5 Members)

Music

Director

W. Howard Greene

Cinematography

Everett Alton Brown

Sound

Art Direction

Howard Jackson Music

Crane Wilbur Director

W. Howard Greene Cinematography

Everett Alton Brown Sound

Charles Novi Art Direction

Age At Time Of Release

29

24

Russell Simpson

59

52

46

See more...

Recently Viewed

Clear your history

Poster

The Bill of Rights

View all history