Name: Teddy the Rough Rider
Genre: Drama, History, Documentary
Released: 1940-02-21
Duration: 19 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Douglas Wood, Selmer Jackson, Theodore von Eltz, Arthur Loft

Teddy the Rough Rider

TMDB 6.8ČSFD 68%194019mReleased

Drama History Documentary

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.

Director: Ray Enright
Released: Feb 21, 1940