6.3
“The Most Inspiring and Important Short In Recent Years”
Give Me Liberty (1936)
December 19, 193622mEN
6.4
12 votes
Overview
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
Director
B. Reeves EasonWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesThe Vitaphone Corporation
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User Reviews
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5.0Despite an half-decent effort from John Litel as he takes to a church in Virginia as Patrick Henry to espouse liberty from British colonial rule, the rest of this is all a rather lacklustre and overly theatrical costume drama with some serious over-acting. The presence of neatly suited and booted characters like “Moses” isn’t deemed relevant as these privileged white folks pontificate about liberty and freedom whilst just about every manual function in their lives is carried out by slaves. It’s that hypocrisy that becomes a little harder to stomach as this sets about illustrating, albeit inadv…
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