Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt ( /ˈroʊzəvɛlt/ ROH-zə-velt; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th President of the United States of America (1901–1909). He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity. He was a leader of the Republican Party and founder of the short-lived Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party of 1912. Before becoming President, he held offices at the city, state, and federal levels. Roosevelt's achievements as a naturalist, explorer, hunter, author, and soldier are as much a part of his fame as any office he held as a politician. Roosevelt was 42 years old when sworn in as President of the United States in 1901, making him the youngest president ever; he beat out the youngest elected president, John F. Kennedy, by only one year. Roosevelt was also one of only three sitting presidents to have won the Nobel Peace Prize, the other two being Woodrow Wilson and Barack Obama.
Joe Wiegand (April 15, 1965), is a repriser who has portrayed 26th US President, Theodore Roosevelt in all 50 US States, and a consultant to candidates seeking public office. During the last months of the George W. Bush presidency, Wiegand was invited to come to the White House on October 27, 2008 as part of the official White House celebration of the 150th anniversary of Roosevelt's birth and portray TR in the East Room. Wiegand, a historian, writer and lecturer on the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt is also a member and contributor to Theodore Roosevelt Association, founded in 1919.
Joe Wiegand was born in 1965 in the Chicago area, the youngest of three brothers, to Jim and Joan Wiegand. In 1980, the Wiegand family moved to Hollywood, California, where a younger brother and sister were born to the family. Always active in politics and national causes, in 1981, Joe's parents launched “Walkin’ Proud, Talkin’ Loud for America” a twenty-two state, one hundred and sixty-city cross-country tour of America. The family tour started in Los Angeles, California on July 4 and arrived at the White House on September 17, Citizenship Day. The tour had sought to emphasize the duties of citizenship and the importance of patriotism. Joe served as the family's advance man and press secretary for this project.
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of Theodore Roosevelt and served as First Lady of the United States during his presidency from 1901 to 1909.
Born in Norwich, Connecticut, the daughter of Charles Carow (1825–1883), a merchant, and the former Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler (1836–1895) and a granddaughter of Daniel Tyler who was a general in the American Civil War, Edith grew up next door to Theodore "T.R." Roosevelt in New York and was best friends with his younger sister Corinne. She was T.R.'s first real playmate outside his immediate family.
She and her sister Emily Tyler Carow (1865–1939) were brought up in an environment of comfort and tradition. An infant brother, Kermit (b. February 1860; d. August 1860) died one year before her birth.
At Miss Comstock's school, Edith acquired the proper finishing touch for a young lady of that era. A quiet girl who loved books, she was often T.R.'s companion for summer outings at Oyster Bay, Long Island; but this ended when he entered Harvard College. Although she attended his wedding to Alice Hathaway Lee in 1880, their lives ran separately until 1885.
Doris Kearns Goodwin (born Doris Helen Kearns; January 4, 1943) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer, historian, and an oft-seen political commentator. She is the author of biographies of several U.S. Presidents, including Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream; The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys: An American Saga; No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (which won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995); and her most recent book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.
Doris Kearns was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Rockville Centre, New York. She attended Colby College in Maine, where she was a member of Tri Delta and Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude in 1964 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She was awarded a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in 1964 to pursue doctoral studies. In 1968 she earned a Ph.D. in government from Harvard University, with a thesis entitled "Prayer and Reapportionment: an Analysis of the Relationship between the Congress and the Court."[citation needed]
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913. Running against Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt and Republican candidate William Howard Taft, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912.
In his first term as President, Wilson persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass major progressive reforms. Historian John M. Cooper argues that, in his first term, Wilson successfully pushed a legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled, and remained unmatched up until the New Deal. This agenda included the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and an income tax. Child labor was curtailed by the Keating–Owen Act of 1916, but the U.S. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 1918. He also had Congress pass the Adamson Act, which imposed an 8-hour workday for railroads. Wilson, after first sidestepping the issue, became a major advocate for the women's suffrage.
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In 1898 the US government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Assistant Navy Secretary Theodore Roosevelt decides to experience the war first hand by promoting and joining a volunteer cavalry regiment. The regiment, later known as the Rough Riders, brings together volunteers from all corners of the nation and all walks of life. When Roosevelt and his men finally land on Cuba, they face ambush, intense enemy fire, and a desperate, outnumbered charge up a defended hill.
Keywords: 1890s, 19th-century, american-history, american-soldier, americana, apache, artist, battle, battlefield, behind-enemy-lines
Henry Bardshar: A man's gotta do what he has to do, Sara.::Sara Bardshar: Yeah, and a woman's got to do everything else.
Hearst's Man: Are you Mr. Hearst?::William Randolph Hearst: Of course I'm Hearst.::Hearst's Man: An urgent dispatch, sir - from Washington.::William Randolph Hearst: [reads it closely, and his face goes wide with excitement] WAR! [Hearst and his entourage rush inside]
Wadsworth Sr.: Life is hunger. Life is anger. Life is pain and dirt. Your grandfather knew life. He didn't recommend it. That's why we're rich.
Wadsworth Sr.: To be wealthy, warm, and well-thought of... that's what a man really wants, if he's honest. And you have it.
General Joe Wheeler: We've got the Yankees on the run!::Lieutenant Wheeler: Spaniards, sir; and they're falling back onto prepared positions.::General Joe Wheeler: Don't spoil it, son.
Indian Bob: What are you thinking about, Craig?::Craig Wadsworth: My father. He gave me some advice, before I joined the regiment.::Indian Bob: Was it good advice?::Craig Wadsworth: Yes.::Indian Bob: Did you follow it?::Craig Wadsworth: No.
Theodore Roosevelt: Will you be so kind, Mr Crane, with your camera, to take a picture of this regiment on this glorious hill, for we will always live in its shadow.
Stephen Crane: You're wounded, sir.::Craig Wadsworth: A red badge of courage... it's not like your book, old man. I would have run if I could have.::Stephen Crane: Why didn't you?::Craig Wadsworth: Because they were watching, my fellows; they didn't run.
[first lines]::Henry Nash: I miss you, boys. Been more that twenty years. My God, we were young. Well, it was a young country then, full of promise and hope. Anything was possible then if you were an American.
[last lines]::Henry Nash: I'll see you boys soon. Adios compadres.
Dr. John Watson: Are you absolutely sure it will be tonight, Holmes? It's almost tomorrow.::Sherlock Holmes: I have been wrong on three occasions, Watson, who can tell, this might be the fourth.
Sherlock Holmes: Watson, I think you should perform a post-mortem on this woman.::Dr. John Watson: Good God, Holmes, she was ripped apart by crocodiles!
Amelia Roosevelt Morrison: [about her autograph book] Pablo Picaso drew me a little picture, but I couldn't make it out, so I threw it away.
Dr. John Watson: Which means?::Sherlock Holmes: Son of pig.::Dr. John Watson: Really? I wouldn't expect a lady of any cast to say such a thing.
Inspector Lestrade: It appears that senor Marconi and his wife are on holiday, on their way to America.::Dr. John Watson: On that brand new vessel, the Titanic, I should imagine.::Inspector Lestrade: No, no, the maiden voyage was delayed, so they had to change to another vessel.::Dr. John Watson: Rotten luck.
Dr. John Watson: Well I never. So you had the real stone all the time, and the tieves had the fake one. Could that be true?::Sherlock Holmes: When you write the story, Watson, you decide.
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Theodore Roosevelt was one of the most extraordinary Americans who lived, a larger-than-life legend whose story has to be seen to be believed. Ingeniously weaving extremely rare archive footage with meticulous recreations and the stirring music of John Philip Sousa, this film is both a moving portrait of the 26th president and a dynamic panorama of the great events of the early years of the 20th century. Among many subjects included in this cinematic mosaic are foreign policy, women's rights, Spanish-American War, aviation, conservation, the Progressive Party, and World War I. Music from the suites, operettas and marches of John Philip Sousa.
Keywords: independent-film
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A fictionalized account of the life of William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. A hunter and Army Scout in the early part of his life, he rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter, Louisa Frederici. Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects the Indians and is a good friend of Yellow Hand who will eventually become Chief of the Cheyenne. Everyone else, including the military, politicians and businessmen on the other hand hate the Indians and are perfectly prepared to trample on their lands and destroy their buffalo hunting grounds. He's eventually forced to fight the Cheyenne however. He's also met a writer, Ned Buntline, who writes about Cody's exploits and he becomes a sensation when he travels East. His career is not assured however, particularly when he attacks those in positions of authority over their maltreatment of the Native American population. He eventually establishes his wild west show that becomes an international sensation.
Keywords: arcade, banquet, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, battle, bison, cavalry, character-name-in-title, chase, checkers
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: What killed my son?::Doctor: Diptheria.::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: What's that?::Doctor: A germ.::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Where does it come from?::Doctor: Water systems... and sewage. It's a crowd disease. A disease of civilization.
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Mr. President. Ladies and Gentlemen. I was afraid I was going to make a fool of myself in front of you tonight. But that would have been all right, because a man can make a fool of himself when he's off his own stamping grounds. But when a man makes a fool of himself on his own stamping grounds, there's no excuse for him. I don't hold with General Sherman that a good Indian is a dead Indian. From what I've seen, the Indian is a free-born American who'll fight for his folks, for his land and for his living... just like any other American.
Yellow Hand: Men of the Nation. There's a black cloud coming from the east to cover us all. We, the Cheyenne, have called our brothers of the Sioux so we can hear the words about this thing. Yesterday, the buffalo was many as the blades of grass upon the prairie. Today, the buffalo is few as the leaves on an oak tree in winter. The white man has done this thing so the red man will starve. When the buffalo is done, we starve. We'll have no meat to eat, no hide to make tepees, no robes to make beds. Brothers, it's not good for man to hear his woman and children crying. It's a bad thing for a man to starve. There are better ways to die.
Ned Buntline: You know the Indian, Cody, don't you?::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Nobody knows the Indian. I've had to fight them since I was fourteen. Pony Express, stage driver, scouting. Indians never do what you'd expect.
William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: When you do an Indian a favor, he never forgets it. But if you do him bad, he never forgets that either.
Louisa Frederici Cody: What is she doing here all alone?::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: She's just old. When Indians get too old to travel, why they're left behind with a little food and fuel.::Louisa Frederici Cody: To die?::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Yeah.::Louisa Frederici Cody: That's terrible! Can't we do something for her?::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: It's the way of the people. There's nothing we can do.::Louisa Frederici Cody: Here am I, going to bring a new life into the world, and leaving an old woman to die.::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: That's nature's way, Louisa. When anything becomes too old to be useful, it's just pushed aside.::Louisa Frederici Cody: But it shouldn't be! That's why we have civilization!
Yellow Hand: Now there is no debt and no friendship between us. If we meet in battle, as a brave of the Cheyenne, I will take the scalp of Pahashka and hang it on his lodge pole.::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: It may be easier to hang it than to take it, Yellow Hand.
Sgt. Chips: I've been waiting for you. Somebody has written you a letter.::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: Who, me?::Sgt. Chips: That's right, my boy. Who in the world would be writing to you?::William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody: I don't know, but if you give me the letter, I'll find out.::Sgt. Chips: You'll get yours in your proper turn. The mail is delivered according to rank. And there's plenty ranker than you!
Sen. Frederici: Well, that's it! That's my letter you telling you I was coming. I mailed it a week before I left.::Sgt. Chips: That's nothing. Private Mulligan didn't get the letter with his reprieve until days after they hung him. Come to think of it, he never did get it.
Louisa Frederici Cody: Who are you? [the woman turns around] An Indian! What do you mean by breaking into my room and stealing my clothes?::Dawn Starlight: I-I didn't come here to steal::Louisa Frederici Cody: Maybe you Indians have different word for it, but that my dress you have on::Dawn Starlight: I tell you I didn't come here to steal
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This short shows the heritage that Americans are fighting for in World War II. Using excerpts from several of its Historical Featurettes, as well as newsreels and some original footage, Warner Brothers gives moviegoers an overview of American history, from the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620 to Pearl Harbor. It emphasizes that since the first European settlers arrived, the American spirit has pulled everyone together to solve problems and overcome adversity.
Keywords: morale, propaganda, the-star-spangled-banner
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This short follows the political career of 'Theodore Roosevelt' (qv), 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 (I)' (qv) 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: 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, adirondack-mountains, character-name-in-title, governor, interview, labor-strike, loss-of-son, mckinley-assassination
Theodore Roosevelt: I would rather have this administration fail because it enforced the laws than succeed by violating them.
Theodore Roosevelt: [to representatives of real estate interests] If improving the living conditions of the poor means working against you, I've only just begun.
Theodore Roosevelt: [to President McKinley]... only that nation that's prepared for peace that knows how to fight. Speak softly but carry a big stick!
Theodore Roosevelt: A man always has two reasons for what he does, a good one and the real one.
Theodore Roosevelt: [after being nominated as Vice-President] I feel like a man who's been sentenced to solitary confinement.
Senator Platt: Of course, you'll always consult us on policy.::Theodore Roosevelt: Always!... and then Ill do exactly what I think is right!
Theodore Roosevelt: I shall treat every man on his merits as a man. The doors to the White House will swing open just as easily for the poor as for the rich. The labor unions and the corporations will have a Square Deal, but, most important, the private citizen will have a Square Deal!
[first lines]::Narrator: Theodore Roosevelt: soldier, president, statesman, American. In 1895 Roosevelt became police commissioner of New York City, declared war on corrupt politicians.
[last lines]::Theodore Roosevelt: [dictates speech to his secretary] There can be no compromise in the fight for Americanism. I am confident that our people will work hand-in-hand with any public man who, in good faith, does all that is possible to see that the United States so conducts herself as a nation as to conserve the honor, the institutions, and the peaceful welfare of her own citizens. Our next business will be to help guarantee the peace of justice for the world at large. There cannot be, there must no be, a repetition of the crime against Belgium. I am antibrutality. I should protest this strongly against wrongdoing by any foreign power. The little nations of the earth have a right to live, and if civilization is to endure, the great nations must respect that right. Let us unite in the one great endeavor of achieving an enduring peace with all the world. But let us not forget that the surest promise of that peace lies in our constant preparedness to meet all eventualities from without, and to combat and destroy all subversive elements working from within. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says that he is an American and seeks to promote foreign isms within our borders is not a true American. We have room for but one flag, the American flag. We have room for but one language, the language of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. And we have room for but one loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people.
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This two-reel short tells the tale of the effects of the Monroe Document in a historical and historical-fictional manner, and its effects---fact and fictional---in North and South America...and Europe and,how through the years, various U.S. Presidents have upheld it in various ways. The ending has Theodore Roosevelt delivering a speech that probably left the viewing audiences, in various countries, talking about it in various languages.
Keywords: ambassador, anti-fascism, austria, britain, canada, character-name-in-title, colonization, cuba, czar, declaration-of-independence
Senor De La Torre: What makes you so sure the United States would resort to war? people don't want it, and in a democracy people rule. So I've been told.
Theodore Roosevelt: Speak softly but carry a big stick!