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The Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights

Drama, History

21m

August 19, 1939 (86 years ago)

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
Ted Osborne

Ted Osborne

James Madison

Birthday: April 21, 1905

34 February 12, 1987 (81)
Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Royal Governor Dunmore

Birthday: June 26, 1889

50 November 22, 1954 (65)
Leonard Mudie

Leonard Mudie

Moreland

Birthday: April 11, 1883

56 April 14, 1965 (82)
Vernon Steele

Vernon Steele

Thomas Jefferson

Birthday: September 16, 1882

56 July 23, 1955 (72)
John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Colonel George Mason

Birthday: January 16, 1887

52 October 15, 1958 (71)
Raymond Brown

Raymond Brown

-

Birthday: August 16, 1874

65 July 29, 1939 (64)
Tom Chatterton

Tom Chatterton

Richard Henry Lee

Birthday: February 11, 1881

58 August 17, 1952 (71)
Sidney Bracey

Sidney Bracey

Colonist

Birthday: December 17, 1877

61 August 5, 1942 (64)
Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

New York Congressman

Birthday: May 24, 1888

51 August 9, 1965 (77)
John Harron

John Harron

Carter

Birthday: March 31, 1903

36 November 24, 1939 (36)