The Rough Riders (film)

1927 film by Victor Fleming

For other uses, see Rough Riders (disambiguation).

The Rough Riders

Poster with the film's alternate release title The Trumpet Call

Directed by| Victor Fleming
Written by| Herman Hagedorn (story)
John F. Goodrich (adapt.)
Robert N. Lee (writer)
Keene Thompson (writer)
George Marion, Jr. (intertitles)
Produced by| Lucien Hubbard
B. P. Schulberg
Starring| Noah Beery
Charles Farrell
George Bancroft
Charles Emmett Mack
Mary Astor
Frank Hooper
Cinematography| James Wong Howe
E. Burton Steene
Edited by| E. Lloyd Sheldon
Music by| Hugo Riesenfeld
J. S. Zamecnik
Distributed by| Paramount Pictures

Release dates

* October 1, 1927 (1927-10-01) (U.S.)
* February 13, 1928 (1928-02-13) (Finland)

Running time

| 105 minutes
(13 reels)
Country| United States
Languages| Silent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
(English intertitles)
Budget| $1,410,000[1]

The Rough Riders is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Victor Fleming, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Noah Beery, Sr., Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, and Mary Astor. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared early in 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The picture is fictional account of Theodore Roosevelt's military unit in Cuba.[2] This film had an alternate release title, The Trumpet Call.[3] The cinematography was by James Wong Howe and E. Burton Steene.

## Plot

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## Cast

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* Noah Beery as Hell's Bells
* Charles Farrell as Stuart Van Brunt
* George Bancroft as Happy Joe
* Charles Emmett Mack as Bert Henley
* Mary Astor as Dolly
* Frank Hopper as Theodore Roosevelt (some sources list him as Frank Hooper)
* Fred Lindsay as Leonard Wood
* Fred Kohler as Sgt. Stanton
* Mark Hamilton as a soldier

## Music

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The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Goodbye Dolly Gray,” with lyrics by Will D. Cobb and music by Paul Barnes. Also featured was the song entitled “The Rough Riders” which was composed by Hugo Riesenfeld.

## Preservation

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Incomplete or fragment prints of The Rough Riders are extant at the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "The Rough Riders". Variety. March 30, 1927. p. 14.
2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Rough Riders at silentera.com
3. ^ Alternate lobby posters titled The Trumpet Call and The Rough Riders at MoviePostersDB
4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Rough Riders

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Rough Riders (film).

* The Rough Riders at IMDb
* 1927 New York Times review by Mourdant Hall

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Films directed by Victor Fleming

* When the Clouds Roll By (1919)
* The Mollycoddle (1920)
* Mama's Affair (1921)
* Woman's Place (1921)
* The Lane That Had No Turning (1922)
* Red Hot Romance (1922)
* Anna Ascends (1922)
* Dark Secrets (1923)
* Law of the Lawless (1923)
* To the Last Man (1923)
* The Call of the Canyon (1923)
* Code of the Sea (1924)
* Empty Hands (1924)
* The Devil's Cargo (1925)
* Adventure (1925)
* A Son of His Father (1925)
* Lord Jim (1925)
* The Blind Goddess (1926)
* Mantrap (1926)
* The Way of All Flesh (1927)
* Hula (1927)
* The Rough Riders (1927)
* Abie's Irish Rose (1928)
* The Awakening (1928)
* Wolf Song (1929)
* The Virginian (1929)
* Common Clay (1930)
* Renegades (1930)
* Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
* The Wet Parade (1932)
* Red Dust (1932)
* The White Sister (1933)
* Bombshell (1933)
* Treasure Island (1934)
* Reckless (1935)
* The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
* Captains Courageous (1937)
* Test Pilot (1938)
* The Wizard of Oz (1939)
* Gone with the Wind (1939)
* Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
* Tortilla Flat (1942)
* A Guy Named Joe (1943)
* Adventure (1946)
* Joan of Arc (1948)

Rough Riders

Officers|

* Leonard Wood
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Alexander Oswald Brodie
* James H. McClintock
* Buckey O'Neill
* Seth Bullock
* John Campbell Greenway
* John Avery McIlhenny
* Allyn K. Capron Jr.
* Allyn K. Capron Sr.
* George Curry
* Woodbury Kane
* Thomas H. Rynning

Enlisted men|

* George G. McMurtry
* Chris Madsen
* Hamilton Fish
* Thomas Grindell
* Henry Barrett
* Billy McGinty
* Juan Alamia
* Frank Frantz
* Craig Wadsworth
* Henry Nash
* Ben Daniels
* Frank Knox
* Robert Wrenn

Engagements|

* Spanish–American War
* Battle of Las Guasimas
* Battle of San Juan Hill
* Siege of Santiago

Memorials|

* Rough Riders Memorial
* Buckey O'Neill Cabin
* Bucky O'Neill Monument
* The Bronco Buster
* Theodore Roosevelt Monument Assemblage

Film|

* The Rough Riders (1927 film)
* Teddy, the Rough Rider (1940 film)
* Rough Riders (1997 mini-series)

See also|

* Buckhorn Saloon
* Arizona Rangers
* Three Guardsmen
* Canyon Diablo Train Robbery
* Tiburón Island Tragedy
* Roosevelt's World War I volunteers
* The Lost Battalion

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Theodore Roosevelt

* 26th President of the United States (1901–1909)
* 25th Vice President of the United States (1901)
* 33rd Governor of New York (1899–1900)
* Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1897–1898)
* New York City Police Commissioner (1895–1897)

Presidency
(timeline)|

* First inauguration
* historic site
* Second inauguration
* Foreign policy
* "Square Deal"
* Booker T. Washington dinner
* Conservation
* Newlands Reclamation Act
* Transfer Act of 1905
* Antiquities Act
* Pelican Island
* Devils Tower National Monument
* Muir Woods National Monument
* United States Forest Service,
* United States Reclamation Service
* National Wildlife Refuge System
* Roosevelt Arch
* Conference of Governors
* Northern Securities Company breakup
* court case
* Coal strike of 1902
* Pure Food and Drug Act
* Food and Drug Administration
* Meat Inspection Act
* Expediting Act
* Elkins Act
* Hepburn Act
* Aldrich–Vreeland Act
* Tillman Act of 1907
* Federal Employers Liability Act
* Kinkaid Act
* Big stick ideology
* Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty
* Panama Canal Zone
* Panama Canal
* Venezuelan crisis
* Roosevelt Corollary
* Occupation of Cuba
* Russo-Japanese War
* Treaty of Portsmouth
* 1906 Nobel Peace Prize
* Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907
* Army War College
* Roosevelt Hall
* College football meetings
* Bureau of Investigation
* Department of Commerce and Labor
* Bureau of Corporations
* Keep Commission
* Inland Waterways Commission
* Bureau of the Census
* Great White Fleet
* Perdicaris affair
* Cabinet
* White House West Wing
* State of the Union Address, 1901
* 1906
* 1908
* White House desk
* Federal judiciary appointments

Other
events|

* Spanish–American War
* Rough Riders
* Battle of Las Guasimas
* Battle of San Juan Hill
* "Bull Moose" Progressive Party
* New Nationalism
* Assassination attempt
* Boone and Crockett Club
* Smithsonian–Roosevelt African expedition
* "River of Doubt" Amazonian expedition

Life and
homes|

* Birthplace, boyhood home replica
* Sagamore Hill Home and Museum
* Maltese Cross Cabin
* Elkhorn Ranch
* Pine Knot cabin
* Gravesite

Writings
and speeches|

* Theodore Roosevelt bibliography
* The Naval War of 1812 (1882 book)
* "The Strenuous Life" (1899 speech)
* League to Enforce Peace
* "Citizenship in a Republic" (1910 speech)
* "Progressive Cause Greater Than Any Individual" (1912 post-assassination-attempt speech)
* Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography (1913 book)
* The Forum magazine articles
* Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia
* Archival collections

Elections|

* 1898 New York state election
* Republican National Convention: 1900
* 1904
* 1912
* 1916
* United States presidential elections: 1900
* 1904
* 1912

Legacy|

* Bibliography
* Mount Rushmore
* Theodore Roosevelt Center and Digital Library
* White House Roosevelt Room
* Theodore Roosevelt National Park
* Theodore Roosevelt Wilderness
* Theodore Roosevelt Island
* Roosevelt National Forest
* Roosevelt Park (San Antonio)
* Roosevelt Study Center
* Theodore Roosevelt Association
* Mount Rushmore Anniversary coins
* Statues
* New York City
* Portland, Oregon
* Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park
* Monument Assemblage
* Theodore Roosevelt Monument
* Roosevelt Memorial, Portland, Oregon
* Proposed presidential library
* Theodore Roosevelt United States Courthouse
* Roosevelt River
* Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
* Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge
* Theodore Roosevelt Award
* USS Theodore Roosevelt (1906, 1961, 1984)
* Roosevelt Road
* U.S. postage stamps

Popular
culture|

* Teddy bear
* "Speak softly, and carry a big stick"
* Books
* Films
* Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King, 1901 film
* The 'Teddy' Bears, 1907 film
* Roosevelt in Africa, 1910 documentary
* The Rough Riders, 1927 film
* Teddy, the Rough Rider, 1940 film
* Rough Riders, 1997 miniseries
* The Roosevelts, 2014 documentary
* Theodore Roosevelt, 2022 miniseries
* Elkhorn, 2024 series

Related|

* Political positions
* "Bully pulpit"
* Ananias Club
* "Nature fakers"
* League to Enforce Peace
* A Guest of Honor
* "Muckraker"
* "Roosevelt Republican"
* Barnes vs. Roosevelt libel trial

Family|

* Alice Hathaway Lee (first wife)
* Edith Kermit Carow (second wife)
* Alice Lee Roosevelt (daughter)
* Theodore Roosevelt III (son)
* Kermit Roosevelt (son)
* Ethel Carow Roosevelt (daughter)
* Archibald Roosevelt (son)
* Quentin Roosevelt (son)
* Theodore Roosevelt IV (grandson)
* Cornelius V. S. Roosevelt III (grandson)
* Quentin Roosevelt II (grandson)
* Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (grandson)
* Joseph Willard Roosevelt (grandson)
* Edith Roosevelt Derby (granddaughter)
* Theodora Roosevelt (granddaughter)
* Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (father)
* Martha Bulloch Roosevelt (mother)
* Anna "Bamie" Roosevelt (sister)
* Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (brother)
* Corinne Roosevelt (sister)
* Cornelius Roosevelt (grandfather)
* James Stephens Bulloch (grandfather)
* James Alfred Roosevelt (uncle)
* Robert Barnhill Roosevelt
* Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (niece)
* Gracie Hall Roosevelt (nephew)
* Pete (dog)

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