Teddy the Rough Rider
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1940-02-21
⌚ Running Time: 19 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.9

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Sidney Blackmer original image
Theodore Roosevelt
Sidney Blackmer
Douglas Wood original image
President William McKinley
Douglas Wood
Selmer Jackson original image
John W. Riggs
Selmer Jackson
Theodore von Eltz original image
William Loeb
Theodore von Eltz
Arthur Loft original image
Big Jim Rafferty
Arthur Loft
John Ridgely original image
Reporter
John Ridgely
Glenn Strange original image
Jim Rawlins
Glenn Strange
Robert Warwick original image
Capt. Leonard Wood
Robert Warwick
Frank Wilcox original image
Roosevelt's Secretary
Frank Wilcox
Pierre Watkin original image
Sen. Platt
Pierre Watkin
Wedgwood Nowell original image
Mine Owner
Wedgwood Nowell
Edward McWade original image
Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Edward McWade
Edward Van Sloan original image
Elihu Root, Secretary of State
Edward Van Sloan
Earl Dwire original image
Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
Earl Dwire
Nat Carr original image
Reporter
Nat Carr
Walter Fenner original image
1st Slum Lord
Walter Fenner
Gus Glassmire original image
3rd Slum Lord
Gus Glassmire
Frank Mayo original image
Cabinet Member
Frank Mayo
Morgan Wallace original image
First Financier
Morgan Wallace

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