Producer: Adolph Zukor, Jesse Lasky; Assoc. Producer B. P. Schulberg; Director: Victor Fleming; Screenplay Robert N. Lee, Keene Thompson
The cast included Noah Beery, Charles Farrell, George Bancroft, Charles Emmett Mack, Masry Astor, Frak Hopper (as Roosevelt), Col Fred Lindsay (as Leonard Wood), and Fred Kohler (Sgt. Stanton)
The story concerns the Rough Riders (of course). Bancroft's character skip's jail to enlist, as does his pursuer, the sheriff (Beery). Bert, a local Texas boy and Van, a New Yorker compete for the attractions of Dolly (Astor). Bert and Van become friends, and when Bert is wounded atSan Juan Hill, Van carried him back down of the hill, where he dies as a hero. Van notifies Dolly. The film ends with Dolly and van attending Roosevelt's inauguration with their two children.
The production was filmed around San Antonio. When filming began, Paramount hosted a dinner at the St. Anthony Hotel with local people, and the military in attendance. The production company arrived in town aboard the Southern Pacific RR and was met by a brass band.
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Frank Chappell (correspondent, provided info. on the surviving stills, and location of the filming)
Cohen, Stan. Images
of Spanish American War, April-August,1998. (Missoula:Pictorial
Histories Publishing Co., Inc., 1997), 324 -326.
