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21/02/1940 Drama, History, Documentary 0h 19m
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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.

  1. Charles L. Tedford

    Writer

  2. Ray Enright

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Sidney Blackmer

    Theodore Roosevelt

  2. Douglas Wood

    President William McKinley

  3. Selmer Jackson

    John W. Riggs

  4. Theodore von Eltz

    William Loeb

  5. Arthur Loft

    Big Jim Rafferty

  6. John Ridgely

    Reporter

  7. Glenn Strange

    Jim Rawlins

  8. Robert Warwick

    Capt. Leonard Wood

  9. Frank Wilcox

    Roosevelt's Secretary

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-10
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 elevate...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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