Give Me Liberty (1936 film)

Give Me Liberty
Give Me Liberty
Directed by	B. Reeves Eason
Written by	Forrest Barnes
Produced by	Warner Bros.; (Vitaphone title)
Starring	John Litel; Nedda Harrigan
Cinematography	W. Howard Greene
Edited by	Louis Hesse
Music by	M.K. Jerome, Jack Scholl
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 19, 1936;
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Give Me Liberty is a 1936 American drama short or historical "special" filmed in Technicolor, produced and distributed by Warner Bros., and directed by B. Reeves Eason. The short covers a short period of time in the life of Patrick Henry, leading to his speech before the Second Virginia Convention in 1775. The film won an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Color) of 1936.^[1]^[2]

Cast

John Litel as Patrick Henry
Nedda Harrigan as Doxie Henry
Carlyle Moore Jr. as Captain Milton
Robert Warwick as George Washington
George Irving as Thomas Jefferson
Boyd Irwin as British Commissioner
Gordon Hart as Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker
Myrtle Stedman as Martha Washington
Shirley Lloyd as Party Guest Giving Patrick a Violin
Ted Osborne as Randolph Peyton (as Theodore Osborne)
Carrie Daumery as Party Guest
Jesse Graves as Moses (Washington's servant)
Wade Lane as Judge
Charles Frederick Lindsley as Narrator
Wilfred Lucas as His Excellency, permitting Henry's arrest
Jack Mower as Gentleman
Bancroft Owen as Tom
Paul Panzer as Man with fur hat
Sam Rice as Convention delegate extra
John J. Richardson as Man kneeling to trip the Commissioner
Cyril Ring as Delegate shouting "Treason! Treason!"
Lottie Williams as Party guest at the Henrys'
William Worthington as Pendleton

References

^ "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
^ "New York Times: Give Me Liberty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.

External links

Give Me Liberty at IMDb

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[Oscars1937-1] "The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[NY_Times-2] "New York Times: Give Me Liberty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2008.

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v t e Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia (1776-1779, 1784-1786) Delegate to the First Continental Congress (1774–1775)
Founding of the United States	Parson's Cause Sons of Liberty (Philadelphia) Virginia Resolves Petition to the King (1774, co-wrote, signed) Continental Association (1774, signed) Second Virginia Convention "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" Delegate, Fifth Virginia Convention Gunpowder Incident Anti-Federalists papers Virginia Ratifying Convention
Elections	1776 Virginia gubernatorial election
Homes	Birthplace Pine Slash Hanover Tavern Scotchtown Governor's Palace Leatherwood Plantation Salisbury Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial (home and burial site)
Namesakes	Fort Henry Camp Patrick Henry Patrick Henry Building Emory and Henry College Patrick Henry College Patrick Henry High School Patrick Henry International Airport Patrick Henry (packet) CSS Patrick Henry SS Patrick Henry USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599)
Depictions	Give Me Liberty (1936 film) Old Glory (1939 film) Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series)
Related	Sarah Shelton Henry (first wife) Dorothea Dandridge Henry (second wife) Sarah Winston Syme Henry (mother) William Henry (brother) Annie Henry Christian (sister) Elizabeth Henry Campbell Russell (sister) William H. Roane (grandson) William Wirt Henry (grandson) Rural Plains St. John's Episcopal Church Founding Fathers