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Seabiscuit Characters. History Through Film Mr. Clark. Charles Howard. Tom Smith. “Red” Pollard. John “Red” Pollard. “Red” Pollard. Depression child Abandoned by family Struggles (homeless, failed jockey, boxer) Travels to Mexico Discovered by Smith Jockey for Seabiscuit.
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SeabiscuitCharacters History Through Film Mr. Clark
Charles Howard Tom Smith “Red” Pollard
“Red” Pollard • Depression child • Abandoned by family • Struggles (homeless, failed jockey, boxer) • Travels to Mexico • Discovered by Smith • Jockey for Seabiscuit
Charles Howard • Bike mechanic • Buick salesman (successful) • Loses child and wife (Depression) • Vacations in Mexico • Marries Marcella • Purchases Seabisuit • Assembles “team”
Tom Smith • Cowboy • Loses frontier • Travels with Wild West show • Rescues injured horse • Hired by Howard as trainer • Trains Seabiscuit • Hires Pollard
Seabiscuit “Red” Pollard Tom Smith
Marcella Howard • Young & single • Meets Howard in Mexico • Relationship with Howard • Marries Howard • Introduces him to horses
George Woolf • Most famous and successful jockey in America at this time • Nicknamed the “Iceman” • Wealthy, successful, dresses well • Opposite of Pollard • friends/rivals with Pollard
Tick Tock McLaughlin • Radio announcer • Announces horse races, primarily on West Coast • Sound effects
Seabiscuit • Grandson of Man O’ War (won 20 of 21; one of greatest horses ever) • Son of Hard Tack (talented but mean) • “damaged” and angry • Tossed aside • Purchased by Howard • Inspires average Americans