The Declaration of Independence (1938)
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.
Director:
Crane Wilbur
Writer:
Charles L. Tedford
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John Litel as Thomas Jefferson |
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Ted Osborne as Caesar Rodney |
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Rosella Towne as Betsy Kramer |
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Richard Bond as Thomas Lynch Jr. |
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Owen King as Edward Rutledge |
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Lionel Belmore as The Innkeeper (uncredited) |
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Sidney Bracey as Congress Clerk (uncredited) |
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Tom Chatterton as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited) |
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Hal Craig as Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited) |
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Henry Hall as John Hancock (uncredited) |
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John Harron as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited) |
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Boyd Irwin as Thomas McKean (uncredited) |
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Charles Frederick Lindsley as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Wilfred Lucas as John Dickinson (uncredited) |
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William Orlamond as Matthew Kramer (uncredited) |
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Bert Stevens as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited) |
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Ferris Taylor as John Adams (uncredited) |
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Emmett Vogan as George Reed (uncredited) |
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Walter Walker as Benjamin Franklin (uncredited) |
| Directing | Crane Wilbur | Director |
| Writing | Charles L. Tedford | Screenplay |
| Sound | Howard Jackson | Music |
| Camera | W. Howard Greene | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Everett Dodd | Editor |
| Art | Hugh Reticker | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milo Anderson | Costume Design |
| Sound | Robert B. Lee | Sound |
