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Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

Drama History Documentary
Release Date: 1940, February 21
Directors: Ray Enright
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Frank Wilcox, Frank Mayo, Wedgwood Nowell, Glenn Strange, Sidney Blackmer, Pierre Watkin, Theodore von Eltz, John Ridgely, Edward Van Sloan, Selmer Jackson, Earl Dwire, Morgan Wallace

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.

Keywords:

biography short film usa president usa politics historical american history integrity anti-corruption american politician us republican party spanish–american war (1898) usa foreign policy deterrence theory