The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence
1938HistoryDrama17 mins

Plot

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 Independe... read more

  • Crane Wilbur

    Director

  • Charles L. Tedford

    Screenplay

  • W. Howard Greene

    Director of Photography

  • Everett Dodd

    Editor

  • John Litel

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Ted Osborne

    Caesar Rodney

  • Rosella Towne

    Betsy Kramer

  • Richard Bond

    Thomas Lynch Jr.

  • Owen King

    Edward Rutledge

  • Lionel Belmore

    The Innkeeper (uncredited)

  • Sidney Bracey

    Congress Clerk (uncredited)

  • Tom Chatterton

    Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

  • Hal Craig

    Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

  • Henry Hall

    John Hancock (uncredited)

  • John Harron

    Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

  • Boyd Irwin

    Thomas McKean (uncredited)

  • Charles Frederick Lindsley

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Lucas

    John Dickinson (uncredited)

  • William Orlamond

    Matthew Kramer (uncredited)

  • Bert Stevens

    Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)

  • Ferris Taylor

    John Adams (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    George Reed (uncredited)

  • Walter Walker

    Benjamin Franklin (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    17 minutes

    Released

    1938-11-26

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Warner Bros. Pictures

    The Vitaphone Corporation

    Sound

  • Howard Jackson

    Music

  • Updated

    8 days ago

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