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).
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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."
Cast
Claude Rains as Haym Salomon
Gale Sondergaard as Rachel Salomon
Donald Crisp as Alexander McDougall
Montagu Love as George Washington
Henry O'Neill as Member of Continental Congress
James Stephenson as Colonel Tillman
Harry Cording as Arresting Trooper (uncredited)
Jack Mower as Messenger (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen as Robert Morris (uncredited)
Larry Williams as Nathan Hale (uncredited)