The Declaration of Independence (1938)

6.7 November 26, 1938 17m Released
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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.

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Cast

  • John Litel

    John Litel

    Thomas Jefferson

  • Ted Osborne

    Ted Osborne

    Caesar Rodney

  • Rosella Towne

    Rosella Towne

    Betsy Kramer

  • Richard Bond

    Richard Bond

    Thomas Lynch Jr.

  • Owen King

    Owen King

    Edward Rutledge

  • Lionel Belmore

    Lionel Belmore

    The Innkeeper (uncredited)

  • Sidney Bracey

    Sidney Bracey

    Congress Clerk (uncredited)

  • Tom Chatterton

    Tom Chatterton

    Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)

  • Hal Craig

    Hal Craig

    Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)

  • Henry Hall

    Henry Hall

    John Hancock (uncredited)

  • John Harron

    John Harron

    Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

  • Boyd Irwin

    Boyd Irwin

    Thomas McKean (uncredited)

  • Charles Frederick Lindsley

    Charles Frederick Lindsley

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Wilfred Lucas

    Wilfred Lucas

    John Dickinson (uncredited)

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