A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

The Declaration of Independence
(1911) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: George Lessey [John Hancock], Julia M. Taylor [Polly Quincy], Frank H. Crane (Frank Hall Crane) [Paul Revere], Justus D. Barnes [Samuel Adams], David H. Thompson (David Thompson) [Thomas Jefferson]

Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / Released 4 July 1911. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Historical.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: USA

Listing updated: 27 January 2010.

References: Website-IMDb.