Cavalcade of America · SEASON 2

Tiger's Tail

Episode 7 · 1953-11-17

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  • Drama

Episode overview

Becoming aware of corruption in politics in New York, Thomas Nast, known for his drawings of Santa Claus, initiates a series of cartoons in which Boss Tweed is symbolized as a snarling tiger. In spite of threats and slander the cartoonist continues his work and inflames the public to the overthrow of the corrupt Tweed political machine. Time: 1870's.

60 minutes

Season 2 episodes