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Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

APPROVED 19 min  -  Short | Biography | Drama  -   24 February 1940 (USA)
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This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City... See full summary »

Director:

Ray Enright

Writer:

Charles L. Tedford

Stars:

Sidney Blackmer, Pierre Watkin and Arthur Loft
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Sidney Blackmer Sidney Blackmer ...
Pierre Watkin Pierre Watkin ...
Sen. Platt
Arthur Loft Arthur Loft ...
Big Jim Rafferty, city boss
Theodore von Eltz Theodore von Eltz ...
William Loeb
Clay Clement Clay Clement ...
Avery D. Andrews
Douglas Wood Douglas Wood ...
Robert Warwick Robert Warwick ...
Capt. Leonard Woods
Glenn Strange Glenn Strange ...
Jim Rawlins
Selmer Jackson Selmer Jackson ...
John W. Riggs, Cabinet Member
Edward McWade Edward McWade ...
Russell Alger, Secretary of War
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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. Written by David Glagovsky <dglagovsky@prodigy.net>  

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San Juan Hill | New York City | New York | Spanish American War | 1910s  | See more »

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Short | Biography | Drama | Family

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Theodore Roosevelt's unsuccessful return to politics with his 1912 run for the Presidency on the Bullmoose Party ticket is not referred to. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: Theodore Roosevelt: soldier, president, statesman, American. In 1895 Roosevelt became police commissioner of New York City, declared war on corrupt politicians.
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Edited into My Country 'Tis of Thee (1950) See more »

Soundtracks

"A Hot Time in the Old Town"
(uncredited)
Music by Theo. A. Metz
Performed by the studio orchestra See more »