Alexander Hamilton

Plot

Alexander Hamilton was not precisely the life story of America's first secretary of the treasury--in fact, it doesn't even depict the most portentous moment of Hamilton's life, his fatal duel with Aaron Burr. Instead, Alexander Hamilton concentrates on Hamilton's efforts to pass the "Assumption Bill," which required the federal government to assume the debts incurred by the 13 states during the Revolutionary War. Hamilton's enemies attempt to blackmail him into silence by calling forth a Mrs. Reynolds, with whom the married Hamilton had had a brief affair while in London. Hamilton confounds his enemies by admitting publicly to the affair and condemning his opponents for compromising the goodwill of the country with such sordid tactics. George Arliss, who'd played Alexander Hamilton on stage, here revives the role, in the company of Alan Mowbray as George Washington (delivering a memorable "farewell to the troops") scene, Montagu Love as Thomas Jefferson, Morgan Wallace as James Monroe, and June Collyer as the hapless Mrs. Reynolds. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• George Arliss - Alexander Hamilton
• Doris Kenyon - Mrs. Hamilton
• Dudley Digges - Sen. Timothy Roberts
• Alan Mowbray - George Washington
• Ralf Harolde - Mr. Reynolds

June Collyer - Mrs. Reynolds; Montagu Love - Chief Justice Jay; Lionel Belmore - Gen. Philip Schuyler; Morgan Wallace - James Monroe; Gwendolen Logan - Martha Washington; John T. Murray - Count Talleyrand; John Larkin - Zesial; Evelyn Hall - Mrs. Bingham; Russell Simpson - First Ex-soldier; James Durkin - Second Ex-soldier; Charles B. Middleton; Charles E. Evans - Whalen

Credit

John G. Adolphi - Director, James Van Trees - Cinematographer, George Arliss - Screen Story, Maude Howell - Screenwriter, Julien Josephson - Screenwriter, Mary Hamlin - Play Author

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