The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence
Release: 1938-11-26
·Runtime: 17m
·★ 6.3
History
Drama
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Cast
John Litel
as Thomas Jefferson
Richard Bond
as Thomas Lynch Jr.
Tom Chatterton
as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
as Thomas McKean (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
Ted Osborne
as Caesar Rodney
Sidney Bracey
as Congress Clerk (uncredited)
Henry Hall
as John Hancock (uncredited)
William Orlamond
as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
John Harron
as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as John Adams (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as George Reed (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
Rosella Towne
as Betsy Kramer
Lionel Belmore
as The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
