Movie · 1938

The Declaration of Independence

Name: The Declaration of Independence
Released: 1938-11-26
Cast: Lionel Belmore, Sidney Bracey, Emmett Vogan, John Harron

Released 26 November 1938 More from 1938 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first

Lionel Belmore

as The Innkeeper (uncredited)

Sidney Bracey

as Congress Clerk (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as George Reed (uncredited)

John Harron

as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)

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The numbers

Computed from the cast above

36years between the oldest and youngest billed

71Lionel Belmore — oldest on the call sheet

35John Harron — youngest billed

53average age of the credited cast

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