Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)
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.
- Date of release
- 1940-02-21
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 19m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Documentary
- Director
- Ray Enright
Casting
- Sidney Blackmer — Theodore Roosevelt
- Douglas Wood — President William McKinley
- Selmer Jackson — John W. Riggs
- Theodore von Eltz — William Loeb
- Arthur Loft — Big Jim Rafferty
- John Ridgely — Reporter
- Glenn Strange — Jim Rawlins
- Robert Warwick — Capt. Leonard Wood
- Frank Wilcox — Roosevelt's Secretary
- Pierre Watkin — Sen. Platt
- Wedgwood Nowell — Mine Owner
- Edward McWade — Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 1. Including: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel
Teddy, the Rough Rider is a 1940 American short drama film directed by Ray Enright. It won an Oscar at the 13th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
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