26 November 1938 Drama, History 17 mins
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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John Litel as Thomas Jefferson
Ted Osborne as Caesar Rodney
Rosella Towne as Betsy Kramer
Richard Bond as Thomas Lynch Jr.
Owen King as Edward Rutledge
Lionel Belmore as The Innkeeper (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey as Congress Clerk (uncredited)
Tom Chatterton as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)
Hal Craig as Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)
Henry Hall as John Hancock (uncredited)
John Harron as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin as Thomas McKean (uncredited)
Charles Frederick Lindsley as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Wilfred Lucas as John Dickinson (uncredited)
William Orlamond as Matthew Kramer (uncredited)
Bert Stevens as Ratification Meeting Member (uncredited)
Crane Wilbur Director
Howard Jackson Music
Charles L. Tedford Screenplay
W. Howard Greene Director of Photography
Milo Anderson Costume Design
Robert B. Lee Sound
Hugh Reticker Art Direction
Everett Dodd Editor
United States 26 November 1938
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