Teddy the Rough Rider

Teddy the Rough Rider

1940 · 19 min · ★ 6.8 · Drama, History, Documentary

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.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Charles L. Tedford

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Sidney Blackmer Theodore Roosevelt
Douglas Wood President William McKinley
Selmer Jackson John W. Riggs
Theodore von Eltz William Loeb
Arthur Loft Big Jim Rafferty
John Ridgely Reporter
Glenn Strange Jim Rawlins
Robert Warwick Capt. Leonard Wood
Frank Wilcox Roosevelt's Secretary
Pierre Watkin Sen. Platt
Wedgwood Nowell Mine Owner
Edward McWade Russell Alger, Secretary of War

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