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The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

1911Short
DramaShort

We see Jefferson writing the declaration with extracts from the famous document and the next morning the argument and final adoption of it by Congress, while John Adams' son, afterward the sixth President of the United States, has...

Director
J. Searle Dawley
Writers
N/A
Stars
Marc McDermott, Robert Brower, Harry Linson
Release Date
September 1, 1911
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Marc McDermott
Marc McDermott
as Thomas Jefferson
Robert Brower
Robert Brower
as Benjamin Franklin
Harry Linson
Harry Linson
as John Adams
Miriam Nesbitt
Miriam Nesbitt
as Mrs. John Adams
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Robert Emmett Tansey
as John Quincy Adams
Wadsworth Harris
Wadsworth Harris
as John Hancock
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Jack Chagnon
as R.R. Livingston
William West
William West
as Robert Sherman
Charles Ogle
Charles Ogle
as George Washington

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Edison Company

🏷️ Keywords

patriotism

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

This film will make an epoch in educational films
by deickemeyer2016-04-05

"How many of us as children recall the long labored effort to commit to memory that famous Declaration of Independence, and, after succeeding, immediately show our independence by forgetting it in our "pursuit for Life, Liberty and Happiness." What did it all mean? Nothing to us; yet we all passed through the age when history is taught us, or, as some of our more interesting neighbors would say, "learned us." Great is the teacher who can with some effort make us do the learning. This has been accomplished by the wonderful picture produced by the Edison Company, entitled &quo..."

📖 Synopsis

We see Jefferson writing the declaration with extracts from the famous document and the next morning the argument and final adoption of it by Congress, while John Adams' son, afterward the sixth President of the United States, has...