Teddy the Rough Rider

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

Sidney Blackmer

Sidney Blackmer

as Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Wood

Douglas Wood

as President William McKinley

Selmer Jackson

Selmer Jackson

as John W. Riggs

Theodore von Eltz

Theodore von Eltz

as William Loeb

Arthur Loft

Arthur Loft

as Big Jim Rafferty

John Ridgely

John Ridgely

as Reporter

Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

as Jim Rawlins

Robert Warwick

Robert Warwick

as Capt. Leonard Wood

Frank Wilcox

Frank Wilcox

as Roosevelt's Secretary

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

as Sen. Platt

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Sidney Blackmer certainly couldn’t be accused of being half-hearted with his downright ebullient portrayal of American politician Teddy Roosevelt. Beginning with his determination to rid the police department of it’s corruption through to his visionary anticipation of the Spanish-American War before...

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