This Warner Bros. vignette features short snippets about well known people. It includes presidential candidate Warren Harding and his front porch campaign in his home town of Marion, Ohio where Al Jolson sang to the crowd; his successor, Calvin Coolidge; William Jennings Bryan at the 1920 Democratic convention where FDR was selected as the Vice Presidential candidate; the visit of the Prince of Wales; the so-called monkey trial that pitted Clarence Darrow against Bryan; Richard Bird as he trained for his flight over the North Pole; and finally George Bernard Shaw on a visit to America.
Genre: Documentary, History
Stars: Dwight Weist, Ward Wilson
Crew: Robert Youngson (Producer), Robert Youngson (Director), Robert Youngson (Writer), Albert Helmes (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Runtime: 11 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Apr 28, 1956
IMDb: 7
Keywords:famous people
