The read
It runs a compact 21m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Charles L. TedfordScreenplay
- Crane WilburDirector
Cast
- Ted OsborneJames Madison
- Moroni OlsenRoyal Governor Dunmore
- Leonard MudieMoreland
- Vernon SteeleThomas Jefferson
- John HamiltonColonel George Mason
- Raymond BrownCast
- Tom ChattertonRichard Henry Lee
- Sidney BraceyColonist
- Creighton HaleNew York Congressman
- John HarronCarter
- William HopperCourier
- Olaf HyttenKing George III
Themes
american revolutionshort filmbill of rightsbritish colonial rule