Teddy the Rough Rider
1940-02-21 | 19 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Sidney BlackmerTheodore Roosevelt
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Douglas WoodPresident William McKinley
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Selmer JacksonJohn W. Riggs
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Theodore von EltzWilliam Loeb
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Arthur LoftBig Jim Rafferty
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John RidgelyReporter
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Glenn StrangeJim Rawlins
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Robert WarwickCapt. Leonard Wood
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Frank WilcoxRoosevelt's Secretary
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Pierre WatkinSen. Platt
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Wedgwood NowellMine Owner
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Edward McWadeRussell Alger, Secretary of War
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Edward Van SloanElihu Root, Secretary of State
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Earl DwireCaretaker Messenger in Adirondacks
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Nat CarrReporter
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Walter Fenner1st Slum Lord
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Frank MayoCabinet Member
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Morgan WallaceFirst Financier
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