FDR, EPISODE 2: I LIKE TO WIN (TV)
Summary
Episode 2 of this 26 episode documentary series on the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Highlights of this program include the following: Scenes of the depression; profile of Herbert Hoover; profile of Gov. Roosevelt (D-NY); James Farley and the FRBC (For Roosevelt Before Chicago) Club; the Cufflink Club who worked for FDR on the 1920 V.P. campaign; profile of Louis Howe; FDR prepares to enter primaries; Al Smith sings "The Bowery"; Eleanor Roosevelt describes the Smith-FDR relationship; Smith and FDR campaign; June 16, 1932, GOP convention in Chicago nominates Hoover; Democratic convention in Chicago, includes remarks by Will Rogers, and nominations of Byrd, Ritchie, John Nance Garner, and Smith; John E. Mack nominates FDR; Judge Samuel I. Rosenman, Prof. Raymond Moley, and Farley comment on bringing Garner over to FDR's side; William Gibbs McAdoo casts California's vote for FDR; Texas casts its vote for FDR; FDR and family listen to convention results, and Mrs. FDR recalls her husband's reaction; FDR flies to Chicago; and, July 2, 1932, FDR's acceptance speech promises a "New Deal for the American People." Commercials include George Burns for "Wendy and Me," and Bing Crosby for "The Bing Crosby Show."
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: January 22, 1965 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:28:35
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T84:0063
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Presidency; Biography; U S - Elections - 1932; Republican National Convention - 1932; Democratic National Convention - 1932; Depressions (economic) - 1932; U S - Economic conditions
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1965
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Promo - The Bing Crosby Show
- TV - Promo - Wendy and Me
CREDITS
- Robert D. Graff … Executive Producer
- Ben Feiner … Producer
- Robert Emmett Ginna … Associate Producer
- Allen Sloane … Writer
- Alex North … Music by
- Hershy Kay … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestrations
- Samuel Matlowsky … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestrations
- Eleanor Roosevelt … Consultant
- Arthur Kennedy … Narrator
- Charlton Heston … Reads the words of FDR, Voice
- George Burns
- Harry Byrd
- Bing Crosby
- James A. Farley
- John Nance Garner
- Herbert Hoover
- Louis Howe
- John E. Mack
- William Gibbs McAdoo
- Raymond Moley
- Albert C. Ritchie
- Will Rogers
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Samuel I. Rosenman
- Al Smith