Sons of Liberty (film)

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Sons of Liberty
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Ernie Weckbaugh and Claude Rains
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Written by Crane Wilbur
Produced by Gordon Hollingshead
Starring Claude Rains
Gale Sondergaard
Narrated byCharles Frederick Lindsley
Cinematography Sol Polito
Ray Rennahan
Edited by Thomas Pratt
Music by Howard Jackson
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • May 20, 1939 (1939-05-20)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sons of Liberty is a 1939 American short drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, which tells the story of Haym Solomon. At the 12th Academy Awards, held in 1940, it won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). [1] [2]

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Plot

Leigh Ehlers Telotte wrote in George Washington on Screen, "Michael Curtiz's Sons of Liberty (1939) [stars] Claude Rains as Haym Salomon, an American patriot and a financier of the Revolution. In this 20-minute biopic of Salomon's life, he joins the Sons of Liberty in 1776, acts as a spy for General Washington (Montagu Love), meets Nathan Hale just before his execution, raises funds to support the Revolution, and dies in poverty at age 44." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
  2. ↑ "New York Times: Sons of Liberty". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2008.
  3. ↑ Telotte, Leigh Ehlers (2023). "Washington Talks". George Washington on Screen. McFarland. p. 31. ISBN   978-1-4766-9146-6.


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