Give Me Liberty (1936 film)
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Give Me Liberty is a 1936 short drama film
, filmed in Technicolor
, produced by Vitaphone
, released by Warner Brothers and directed by B. Reeves Eason
. It won an Academy Award in 1937
for Best Short Subject (Color)
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
, filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
, produced by Vitaphone
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was a sound film process used on feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects produced by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National from 1926 to 1930. Vitaphone was the last, but most successful, of the sound-on-disc processes...
, released by Warner Brothers and directed by B. Reeves Eason
B. Reeves Eason
B. Reeves Eason was an American film director, actor and screenwriter. His directorial output was limited mainly to low-budget westerns and action pictures, but it was as a second-unit director and action specialist that he was best known...
. It won an Academy Award in 1937
9th Academy Awards
The 9th Academy Awards were held on March 4, 1937 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. They were hosted by George Jessel. This ceremony marked the first time in which the categories of Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress were awarded.My Man Godfrey became the first film...
for Best Short Subject (Color)
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
.
Cast
- John LitelJohn LitelJohn Litel was an American film actor. During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery....
- Patrick Henry - Nedda Harrigan - Doxie Henry
- Carlyle Moore Jr. - Captain Milton
- Robert Warwick - George Washington
- George IrvingGeorge Irving (American actor)George Henry Irving was an American film actor and director who made over 200 films in his lifetime. Some of his best known movies were Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Hearts Divided, A Night at the Opera, Son of Dracula, Hangmen Also Die!, Once Upon a Honeymoon, and Maid's Night Out.-Death:Irving...
- Thomas Jefferson - Boyd IrwinBoyd IrwinBoyd Irwin was an English film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1915 and 1948.He was born in Brighton, East Sussex and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* The Fatal Sign...
- British Commissioner - Gordon Hart - Anti-Rebel Delegate Speaker
- Myrtle StedmanMyrtle StedmanMyrtle Stedman was a leading lady and later character actress in motion pictures beginning in silent films in 1910. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and educated at a private finishing school there. Miss Stedman performed in light opera and musical comedies there. Her voice was cultivated in France...
- Martha Washington - Shirley Lloyd - Party Guest Giving Patrick a Violin
- Ted OsborneTed OsborneTed Osborne was an American writer of comics, radio shows and animated films, remembered for his contributions to the creation and refinement, during the 1930s, of Walt Disney cartoon characters....
- Randolph Peyton (as Theodore Osborne) - Carrie Daumery - Party Guest
- Jesse Graves - Moses (Washington's servant)
- Wade Lane - Judge
- Charles Frederick Lindsley - Narrator
- Wilfred LucasWilfred LucasWilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue...
- His Excellency, permitting Henry's arrest - Jack MowerJack MowerJack Mower was an American film actor. He appeared in 526 films between 1914 and 1962.He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Destination Tokyo...
- Gentleman - Bancroft Owen - Tom
- Paul Panzer - Man with fur hat
- Sam Rice - Convention delegate extra
- John J. Richardson - Man kneeling to trip the Commissioner
- Cyril RingCyril RingCyril Ring was an American film actor. He began his career in silent films in 1921. By the time of his final performance in 1951, he had appeared in over 350 films, almost all in small and/or uncredited parts...
- Delegate shouting "Treason! Treason!" - Lottie Williams - Party guest at the Henrys'
- William WorthingtonWilliam WorthingtonWilliam Worthington may refer to:* William Worthington American silent film actor and director* William Worthington , Anglican priest and theological writer...
- Pendleton