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Teddy the Rough Rider

59% | Feb 21, 1940 | Drama, History

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.

Featured Crew

Charles L. Tedford
Writer
Ray Enright
Director

Cast

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Sidney Blackmer
Theodore Roosevelt
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Douglas Wood
President William McKinley
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Selmer Jackson
John W. Riggs
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Theodore von Eltz
William Loeb
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Arthur Loft
Big Jim Rafferty

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