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Charles L. Tedford
Born August 24, 1904 · California, USA
Died September 27, 1955 · aged 51
No biography available.
Known For
Teddy the Rough Rider · 1940Teddy the Rough Rider
★ 6.81940
MovieDramaHistory
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.
Here Comes Happiness · 1941Here Comes Happiness
★ 6.01941
MovieComedyRomance
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
Here We Go Again · 1952Here We Go Again
1952
MovieComedy
When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met. Edited and adapted from Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921).
Valley of Hunted Men · 1942Valley of Hunted Men
★ 7.01942
MovieWestern
Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which is exactly what rancher Clem Parker (Hal Price) does when learning that a couple of escaped Axis war criminals may be heading towards the local valley.
The Bill of Rights · 1939The Bill of Rights
★ 6.51939
MovieDramaHistory
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
The Monroe Doctrine · 1939The Monroe Doctrine
★ 7.01939
MovieWarDrama
The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
Women at War · 1943Women at War
★ 6.81943
MovieDramaWar
Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer, farm girl Stormy Hart wants to become involved in motor transport, and Lorna Travis seeks to win the approval of her father, a major general, who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military. Intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming war games conducted by General Travis and validate the value of the WACS to the war effort.
Tanga Tika · 1953Tanga Tika
★ 10.01953
MovieDrama
The story, supposedly based on a Tahitian legend, concerns a young boy, Timi whose in love with Nenu - he intends to marry as soon as he earns enough money. He gets caught in a storm, while at sea, and ends up marooned on an uninhabited atoll. Months go by, and convinced that Timi is dead, Nenu is about to marry another man.
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