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
Ted Osborne
as Caesar Rodney
Rosella Towne
as Betsy Kramer
Richard Bond
as Thomas Lynch Jr.
Lionel Belmore
as The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
as Congress Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton
as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
Henry Hall
as John Hancock (uncredited)
John Harron
as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin
as Thomas McKean (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas
as John Dickinson (uncredited)
William Orlamond
as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
as John Adams (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as George Reed (uncredited)
Walter Walker
as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)
