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Teddy the Rough Rider( 1940)

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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.

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      Sidney Blackmer

      Theodore Roosevelt

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      Douglas Wood

      President William McKinley

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      Selmer Jackson

      John W. Riggs

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      Theodore von Eltz

      William Loeb

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      Arthur Loft

      Big Jim Rafferty

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      John Ridgely

      Reporter

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      Glenn Strange

      Jim Rawlins

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      Robert Warwick

      Capt. Leonard Wood

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      Frank Wilcox

      Roosevelt's Secretary

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      Pierre Watkin

      Sen. Platt

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      Wedgwood Nowell

      Mine Owner

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      Edward McWade

      Russell Alger, Secretary of War

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      Edward Van Sloan

      Elihu Root, Secretary of State

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      Earl Dwire

      Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks

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      Nat Carr

      Reporter

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      Walter Fenner

      1st Slum Lord

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      Gus Glassmire

      3rd Slum Lord

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      Frank Mayo

      Cabinet Member

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      Morgan Wallace

      First Financier

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 10 2025
    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 his election as Governor of New York. In all of those positions he managed to irritate just about every vested interest, so they decided to put him up for McKinley’s Vice-President where they assumed he could do no great harm. Unfortunately, a gunman managed to see he was unexpectedly elevated to th...

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    Facts

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

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