π Overview:
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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1940-02-21
β Running Time:
19 mins
β Vote Average:
6.375
Beloved Cast
Theodore Roosevelt
Sidney Blackmer
President William McKinley
Douglas Wood
John W. Riggs
Selmer Jackson
William Loeb
Theodore von Eltz
Big Jim Rafferty
Arthur Loft
Reporter
John Ridgely
Jim Rawlins
Glenn Strange
Capt. Leonard Wood
Robert Warwick
Roosevelt's Secretary
Frank Wilcox
Sen. Platt
Pierre Watkin
Mine Owner
Wedgwood Nowell
Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Edward McWade
Elihu Root, Secretary of State
Edward Van Sloan
Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
Earl Dwire
Reporter
Nat Carr
1st Slum Lord
Walter Fenner
3rd Slum Lord
Gus Glassmire
Cabinet Member
Frank Mayo
First Financier
Morgan Wallace
