Teddy the Rough Rider

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Movie
Original title Teddy the Rough Rider
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1940
length 19 minutes
Rod
Director Ray Enright
script Charles L. Tedford
production Gordon Hollingshead
music Howard Jackson
camera Ray Rennahan
cut Everett Dodd
occupation

Teddy the Rough Rider is an American short film from 1940.

action

The film describes the political career of Theodore Roosevelt , beginning with his office as police chief of New York, which he took up in 1895. In 1897 he became Deputy Secretary of the Navy under President William McKinley .

When the Spanish-American War broke out in 1898, Roosevelt resigned his ministerial office and led a cavalry unit known as the Rough Riders . The film pays special attention to the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898. The battle, which was won by the Americans, established Roosevelt's reputation as a war hero.

In 1900 Roosevelt became Vice President of the United States. When William McKinley succumbed on September 14, 1901 from injuries inflicted on him in an assassination attempt, he took over the presidency.

Awards

In 1941 , the film was awarded an Oscar in the Best Short Film (Two-Reel) category.

background

The Warner Bros. production premiered on February 24, 1940.

Sidney Blackmer has portrayed the president seven times in his career, including in William A. Seiter's Under Four Eyes ( This Is My Affair , 1937), in Albert S. Rogell's western Hell of Oklahoma ( In Old Oklahoma , 1943) and in William A. Wellman's biography Buffalo Bill, the White Indian ( Buffalo Bill , 1944).

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