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Will  Rogers
[1879-1935]

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— Will Rogers

Will Rogers entry at Wikipedia
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Will Rogers credits [1916-35] at Internet Movie Database
Will Rogers credits [1912-29 & 1974-93] at Internet Broadway Database

Will Rogers received induction to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1932   Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Pictures on 8 February 1960 at 6401 Hollywood Blvd.   Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio on 8 February 1960 at 6608 Hollywood Blvd. 1983 Golden Boot In Memoriam Award

Movies  of  Will  Rogers
Will Rogers made 70+ movies during the 1920s and 1930s
Will Rogers credits [1916-35] at Internet Movie Database
search for Will Rogers on DVD {returns 130+ items} at Amazon

"Will Rogers In Hollywood: An Illustrated History of The Film Career of America's Favorite Humorist" [1984] by Bryan B. & Frances N. Sterling, Introduction by {son} James Blake Rogers Crown Publrs 11x8¾ hardcover [1/89] for $3.99 Crown Publrs 11x8½ hardcover [1984] out of print/used

"Ford At Fox Collection" DVD Box Set [2007] 20th Century Fox DVD set [12/2007] 4 disks for $17.99 contains 6 feature films directed by John Ford [1894-1973]: three films starring Will Rogers – "Doctor Bull" [1933], "Judge Priest" [1934], and "Steamboat 'Round The Bend" [1935] – plus "Up The River" [1930] starring Spencer Tracy, "When Willie Comes Marching Home" [1950] starring Dan Dailey, and "What Price Glory" [1952] starring James Cagney & Dan Dailey

"Will Rogers Collection: Volume 1" DVD Box Set [2009] 20th Century Fox b&w & color DVD set [3/2009] 4 disks for $8.95 contains 4 feature films: "Life Begins At 40" [1935], "Doubting Thomas" [1935], "Steamboat 'Round The Bend" [1935], and "In Old Kentucky" [1935]; extras include trailers, 90-minute A&E Biography show, commentary, newsreels "Will Rogers Collection: Volume 2" DVD Box Set [2006] 20th Century Fox b&w & color DVD set [12/2006] 4 disks for $9.97 contains 4 feature films: "Ambassador Bill" [1931], "Too Busy to Work" [1932], "David Harum" [1934], and "Mr. Skitch" [1933], a screwball comedy with Zazu Pitts; extras include 4 featurettes, booklet

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"Roaring Camp" [1916] as writer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007268/

"Laughing Bill Hyde" [1918] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009279/

"Almost A Husband" [1919] - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009868/

"Jubilo" [1919] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010316/

"Water, Water, Everywhere" [1920]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011840/

"The Strange Boarder" [1920]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011736/

"Jes' Call Me Jim" silent film [Goldwyn May 1920]

Jim Fenton rescues an inventor locked in an insane asylum and helps him get revenge and justice Location filming among the redwood forests in Santa Cruz, California; produced by Samuel Goldwyn; directed by Clarence G. Badger; adapted by Thompson Buchanan & Edward T. Lowe Jr. from James G. Holland's novel "Seven Oaks"; starring Will Rogers {title role}, Irene Rich, Lionel Belmore, Raymond Hatton, Jimmy Rogers, Bert Sprotte, Nick Cogley & Sidney De Gray VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb 24"x36" rolled canvas poster from Amazon for $39.99

"Cupid The Cowpuncher" [1920]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011085/

"Honest Hutch" [1920] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011303/

"Guile of Women" [1920]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012244/

"Boys Will Be Boys" [1921]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011993/

"An Unwilling Hero" [1921]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012792/

"Doubling For Romeo" [1921]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013084/

"A Poor Relation" [1921]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012577/

"Screen Snapshots, Series 1, #17" documentary short [1921]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137260/

"Screen Snapshots, Series 3, #12" documentary short [1922]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194657/

"One Glorious Day" [1922]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013459/

"The Ropin' Fool" [1922] (Short) - as writer
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124857/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0oIVJjSh8o

"The Headless Horseman" [1922]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013223/

"Fruits of Faith" [1922] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014065/

"Hollywood" silent feature  [Paramount Aug 1923]

A girl wanting to be a star in the movies goes to Hollywood, accompanied by her grandfather; Grandpa becomes a star, and when the rest of the family shows up to help, they all also become stars • Directed by James Cruze; starring Hope Drown, Luke Cosgrave, George K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette, Harris Gordon, Bess Flowers, Eleanor Lawson, King Zany, with cameos by dozens of Silent Era celebrities as themselves, including: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Richard Arlen, Mary Astor, 'Baby Peggy' Montgomery, Noah Beery, William Boyd, Charlie Chaplin, Ricardo Cortez, Viola Dana, Bebe Daniels, Cecil B. DeMille, Douglas Fairbanks, James Finlayson, Alec B. Francis, Sid Grauman, Alan Hale, William S. Hart, Jack Holt & baby Tim Holt, May McAvoy, Owen Moore, Nita Naldi, Pola Negri, Anna Q. Nilsson, Charles Ogle, Jack & Mary Pickford, Zasu Pitts, Ford Sterling, Gloria Swanson & Ben Turpin video/DVD not available (all prints/negatives presumed lost) • full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Jus' Passin' Through" [1923] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312855/

"Hustlin' Hank" 2-reeler silent short [Hal Roach Studios/Pathé Nov 1923]
produced & written by Hal Roach, directed by Scott Pembroke, starring Will Rogers {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0248899/

"Uncensored Movies" [1923] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247006/

"Two Wagons: Both Covered" [1924] (Short) {dual role + written by}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015444/

"The Cowboy Sheik" [1924] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246535/

"The Cake Eater" [1924] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245811/

"High Brow Stuff" [1924] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390092/

"Going To Congress" [1924] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers Alfalfa Doolittle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246652/

"Don't Park There!" comedy short [Hal Roach/Pathé June 1924] starring Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231484/
available on the "Crazy Car Comedies" DVD [2010]
Alpha Home Ent. b&w DVD [3/2010] for $5.98

"Jubilo, Jr." comedy two-reeler [Hal Roach/Pathé June 1924] /tt0235502/
Directed by Robert F. McGowan; scenario by Frank Capra; starring Will Rogers {title role}, Mickey Daniels, Charley Chase, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins

"Big Moments From Little Pictures" [1924] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245767/

"Our Congressman" [1924] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers Alfalfa Doolittle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246835/

"A Truthful Liar" [1924] (Short) Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246999/

"Gee Whiz, Genevieve" [1924] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368741/

"Tiptoes" [1927]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018489/

"A Texas Steer" [1927] - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018479/

Sound Films

"Happy Days" [1929]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020949/

"They Had To See Paris" [1929] directed by Frank Borzage
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020490/

"So This Is London" [1930]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021395/

"Lightnin' " [1930] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021071/

"A Connecticut Yankee" [1931]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021759/

"Young As You Feel" [1931]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022591/

"Ambassador Bill" [1931] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021606/

"Screen Snapshots Series 10, #6" [1931] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765181/

"Screen Snapshots" [1932] (Documentary short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023440/

"Business and Pleasure" [1932]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021702/

"Down To Earth" [1932]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022833/

"Too Busy To Work" [1932]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023606/

"State Fair" [1933]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024610/

"Doctor Bull" [1933] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023955/

"Mr. Skitch" [1933] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024358/

"David Harum" [1934] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025035/

"Handy Andy" [1934] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025217/

"Judge Priest" [1934] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025335/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjT6RJ7S_gg 1.14.39
Judge Priest The Film Detective Restored Version
http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Priest-Detective-Restored-Version/dp/B0116615IM/

Ford At Fox Collection: "Doctor Bull" [1933] and "Judge Priest" [1934]
http://www.amazon.com/Judge-Priest-Doctor-Bull-Collection/dp/B002DNKLTC/

"Stand Up and Cheer!" [1934] (suggested story idea)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025829/

"Hollywood On Parade No. B-13" [1934] (Short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1076984/

"Screen Snapshots Series 15, #4" [1935] (Documentary short)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978384/

"The County Chairman" [1935]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026239/

"Life Begins At 40" [1935]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026629/

"Doubting Thomas" [1935] {title role}
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026292/

"Steamboat Around The Bend" [1935] directed by John Ford, starring Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027042/

"In Old Kentucky" [1935]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026524/

Travel Shorts with Will Rogers, 1927-28
Produced & directed by Carl Stearns Clancy [1890-1971] for Pathé Exchange

"With Will Rogers In Dublin" [1927] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437613/

"Hiking Through Holland With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"With Will Rogers In Paris" [1927] (Short)

"Hunting For Germans In Berlin With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"Through Switzerland and Bavaria With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"With Will Rogers In London" [1927] (Short)

"Roaming The Emerald Isle With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short) - intertitles by Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207060/

"Prowling Around France With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"Winging Around Europe With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"Exploring England With Will Rogers" [1927] (Short)

"Reeling Down The Rhine With Will Rogers" [1928] (Short)

"Over The Bounding Blue With Will Rogers" [1928] (Short)

Posthumous Films / Archive Footage

"Lest We Forget" short [1937]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029133/

"Personality Parade" documentary short [1938]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155012/

"For Auld Lang Syne" documentary short [1939]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374661/

"The Movies March On" documentary short [1939]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292591/

"If I Forget You" short charity promo film [M.G.M. 1940]
Judy Garland sings "If I Forget You" to a statue of Will Rogers [1879-1935]; from the annual 8-minute industry charity promo for the Will Rogers Institute;
other participants include Kay Kyser & His Orchestra, actress Bette Davis • bare credits at IMDb • watch song clip [4/2013 upload; 3:03] online at YouTube

"Western Cowboy Star Will Rogers" sepia newsreel short [circa 1945]
watch full short [10/2010 upload; 4:52] online at YouTube

"Screen Snapshots Series 27, #1: Hollywood Cowboys" documentary short [1947]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039804/

"Fifty Years Before Your Eyes" documentary [Warner Bros. June 1950]

"The picture that was 50 years in the making!" • Featuring archive footage of Enrico Caruso, Charles Chaplin, William F. Cody, Calvin Coolidge, Eugene V. Debs, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Tomás Garrigue Masaryk, Lou Gehrig, Harold 'Red' Grange, Warren G. Harding, Emperor Hirohito, Herbert Hoover, Al Jolson, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Fiorello LaGuardia, V.I. Lenin, Charles A. Lindbergh, Huey Long, William McKinley, Prince Charles, Knute Rockne, Will Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Lillian Russell, Babe Ruth, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman, Tsar Nicholas II, Ben Turpin, Rudolph Valentino, Pancho Villa, and Woodrow Wilson • 72-minute docufilm, mostly culled from b&w newsreel footage; produced & co-written by Alfred Butterfield; directed by Robert Youngson [1917-74]; co-written by Thomas H. Wolf; narrated by André Baruch, Norman Brokenshire, Milton Cross, Dan Donaldson, Arthur Godfrey, H.V. Kaltenborn, Clem McCarthy, Quentin Reynolds & Dwight Weist • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available (2019) • full credits at IMDb

"The Ed Sullivan Show" TV series [1948-71] - Episode #6.13 [1952]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0725161/

"Screen Snapshots: Out West In Hollywood" documentary short [1953]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292682/

"Screen Snapshots: Men of The West" short [1953]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292680/

"Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Stars To Remember" short [1954]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0292669/

"The Jackie Gleason Show" TV series [1952-73] - 'At Sixty-Five' episode [Jan 1957]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855005/

"The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" TV series [1956-60] - Episode #3.14 [Dec 1957]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0864182/

"The Golden Age of Comedy" documentary [D.C.A. Dec 1957]

features silent comic actors Billy Bevan, Charley Chase, Andy Clyde, W.C. Fields, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy (from their 1929 short "Big Business"), Will Rogers, Harold Lloyd, Our Gang, and others Co-produced, written & directed by Robert Youngson; narrated by Dwight Weist & Ward Wilson VidAmerica b&w VHS [3/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia available on Region 1 DVD on "The First Kings of Comedy Collection" [1957 & 1960] along with "When Comedy Was King" [Fox March 1960]: full credits from IMDb Genius Ent b&w DVD set [10/2007] out of prodn/used

"Project Twenty: The Story of Will Rogers" [NBC News March 1961]
https://www.amazon.com/Project-XX-Story-Will-Rogers/dp/B007FA4MZC/ prime
https://www.amazon.com/NBC-News-Presents-Rogers-Narrated/dp/B00008AOVY/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926182/episodes
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0951047/

"The Legend of Rudolph Valentino" video documentary
[Wolper-Sterling/Janus Films May 1961]

"His Films Changed Hollywood, His Lifestyle Shocked The World, and His Legend Lives On" 71-minute documentary co-written & directed by Graeme Ferguson; narrated by Frank Gallop; with archive footage of Rudolph Valentino, Jean Acker, 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Vilma Bánky, Charlie Chaplin, Louise Dresser, Douglas Fairbanks, Lillian Gish, D.W. Griffith, William S. Hart, Al Jolson, Lila Lee, Myrna Loy, June Mathis, Mae Murray, Nita Naldi, Alla Nazimova, Pola Negri, Louella Parsons, Mary Pickford, Natacha Rambova, Wallace Reid, Knute Rockne, Will Rogers, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Clara Kimball Young & Adolph Zukor • full credits at IMDb Image Ent. b&w DVD [3/2000] out of prodn/used Embassy Home Video b&w VHS [1982] out of prodn/used

"Hollywood: The Golden Years" documentary TV movie [1961]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054985/

"Will Rogers" episode [Wolper Prodns 1961] of the "Biography" documentary TV series [1961-64] half-hour episode co-produced by David L. Wolper; co-produced & directed by Alan Landsburg; co-produced & written by Jack Haley Jr. & Nicolas Noxon; narrated by Mike Wallace • bare credits at IMDb {formerly} available on "The Video Library of Biography: Grace Kelly, Will Rogers, John Barrymore" on VHS Easton Press b&w VHS [undated] out of prodn/SOLD OUT ! (2019) watch full episode [3/2013 upload; 23:09] online at YouTube

"The DuPont Show of The Week" TV series [1961-1962] - 'Merrily We Roll Along' episode [Oct 1961] /tt0566751/
"The DuPont Show of The Week" TV series [1961-1962] - 'The Ziegfeld Touch' episode [Oct 1961] /0566786/
"The DuPont Show of The Week" TV series [1961-1962] - 'Hollywood - My Home Town' episode [Jan 1962] /tt0566745/

"The Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Show" TV series [1962] - 'Western Hit Parade' episode [Oct 1962]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995548/

"Men of Our Time" documentary TV series [1963] - 'Franklin D. Roosevelt' episode
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4442060/

"Hollywood and The Stars" documentary TV series [1963-1964] - 'The Funny Men: Part 2' episode [Dec 1963] /tt0836205/

"Hollywood and The Stars" documentary TV series [1963-1964] - 'The Great Lovers' [Feb 1964] /tt0836206/

"Hollywood My Home Town" documentary [indep 1965] /tt0411489/
Ken Murray hosts and shows his candid home movies of Hollywood stars
The Film Detective restored b&w DVD [1/2017] for $9.99
Reel Vault b&w DVD-R [7/2015] out of prodn/used
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ST71DDJMdE [44:59]

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" documentary [Dimension Pictures Aug 1975]

"From Human Tragedy To Hollywood Glitter"; featuring national figures Winston Churchill, John Dillinger, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Hubert H. Humphrey, Lyndon Johnson, Jacqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Fiorello LaGuardia, Senator Huey Long, Douglas MacArthur, Joe Louis, Richard & Pat Nixon, several Roosevelts, Max Schmeling, Harry S. Truman, and Wendell Willkie; and entertainers The Andrews Sisters, Fred Astaire, Constance Bennett, Jack Benny, Busby Berkeley, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor, Charles Chaplin, Mae Clarke, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Frankie Darro, Cecil B. DeMille, Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney, Margaret Dumont, Bill Elliott, Stepin Fetchit, W.C. Fields, Preston Foster, Clark Gable, Janet Gaynor, Benny Goodman, Cary Grant, Woody Guthrie, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Billie Holiday, Bob Hope, Walter Huston, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Hedy Lamarr, Vivien Leigh, Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Chico & Groucho & Harpo Marx, Paul Muni, Fayard & Harold Nicholas, Dick Powell, George Raft, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Will Rogers, James Stewart, Shirley Temple, Spencer Tracy, Rudy Vallee, John Wayne, Orson Welles, and Loretta Young Produced by Sanford Lieberson & David Puttnam; written & directed by Phillipe Mora V.C.I. Video color/b&w Blu-ray [10/2019] for $17.99 Image Ent. color/b&w DVD [10/99] for $24.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"Bob Hope's World of Comedy" 2-hour TV special [NBC-TV Oct 1976] as part of 'Tribute Montage'
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6056486/

"The Biggest Little Star of The '30s" 9-minute short [Blackhawk Films 1976] /tt3517740/

"Will Rogers: Champion of The People" TV special [VidAmerica 1978] Dramatization of an incident in the early life of Will Rogers: when trouble erupts in Rogers' Oklahoma hometown, twenty-two-year-old Will is made Deputy to help calm the disturbances Produced by James L. Conway; directed by Jack Hively; written by Thomas C. Chapman; starring Walker Edmiston {hosting as Mark Twain}, Robert Hays, Jack Elam, Gene Evans V.C.I. Home Video color VHS [8/00] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb

"Hollywood: A Celebration of The American Silent Film" documentary TV mini-series [1980]
Written & directed by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow, narration by James Mason
series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia
DVD/Blu-ray not available • complete box set on VHS: HBO b&w/color VHS [10/2001] 13 tapes - out of prodn/scarce

"Texaco Star Theatre Presents Bob Hope In 'Who Makes The World Laugh?'" TV special [NBC-TV April 1983] Directed by Sid Smith; hosted by Bob Hope; featuring Erma Bombeck, Skip Stephenson, Art Buchwald & George Burns, with archive footage of Robert Benchley, Jack Benny, George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Durante, Jackie Gleason, Eddie Murphy, Bob Newhart, Will Rogers, Red Skelton, Mark Twain, Jonathan Winters • credits at IMDb

"The Great Standups: Sixty Years of Laughter" documentary TV special [H.B.O. 1984] Co-produced by Stu Smiley; co-produced, co-written & directed by Robert B. Weide; co-written by Phil Berger; narrated by Carl Reiner; with archive footage of Fred Allen, Gracie Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Shelley Berman, Fanny Brice, Mel Brooks, Joe E. Brown, Lenny Bruce [1925-66], George Burns, Sid Caesar, Eddie Cantor, Jack Carter, Bill Cosby, Lou Costello, Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller, Dick Gregory, Buddy Hackett, Bob Hope, George Jessel, Robert Klein, Jack E. Leonard, Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Steve Martin, Elaine May, Mantan Moreland, Eddie Murphy, Mike Nichols, Joan Rivers, Will Rogers, Nipsey Russell, Mort Sahl, Red Skelton, The Smothers Brothers, Bert Williams, Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters, Henny Youngman • DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Going Hollywood: The 30s" documentary [Castle Hill TV 1984]

"A time trip back to the 1930s" • Co-produced by Leonard Maltin & Beverly Irby Schlossberg; co-produced & directed by Julian Schlossberg; written by Charles Badaracco; hosted by Robert Preston; with archive footage of Gracie Allen, George Arliss, Jean Arthur, Fred Astaire, Mischa Auer, George Bancroft, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Constance Bennett, Joan Blondell, Eric Blore, Humphrey Bogart, William Boyd, Charles Boyer, Joe E. Brown, George Burns, Spring Byington, James Cagney, John Carradine, Jack Carson, Charlie Chaplin, Maurice Chevalier, Berton Churchill, Joe Cobb, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Bing Crosby, Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Hohenzollern, Bette Davis, Cecil B. DeMille, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, Lee Duncan, Jimmy Durante, W.C. Fields, Pat Flaherty, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Charley Grapewin, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Ted Healy, Samuel S. Hinds, Tim Holt, Herbert Hoover, Leslie Howard, Walter Huston, Selmer Jackson, Chic Johnson, Al Jolson, Boris Karloff, Buster Keaton, Hedy Lamarr, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel, Carole Lombard, Walter Long, Edmund Lowe, Bela Lugosi, Fredric March, Groucho & Harpo Marx, Donald Meek, Charles Middleton, Thomas Mitchell, Grace Moore, Alan Mowbray, Ole Olsen, the 'Our Gang' kids: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Darla Hood, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Lynne Overman, Eugene Pallette, Franklin Pangborn, Louise Platt, Dick Powell, William Powell, animal actor Rin Tin Tin, Ginger Rogers, Will Rogers, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Babe Ruth, Sylvia Sidney, Shirley Temple, The Three Stooges: Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Moe Howard, Claire Trevor, Tom Tyler, Rudy Vallee, John Wayne, Johnny Weissmuller, Mae West Echo Bridge color/b&w DVD [6/2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • watch full movie [11/2018 upload; 1:12:13] online at YouTube

"Power Profiles: The Folk Heroes - Gary Cooper & Will Rogers" video release [1987] VidAmerica, Inc. b&w VHS [1987] for $18.93 not listed at IMDb

"Will Rogers: Look Back In Laughter" TV movie [H.B.O. 1987] Filmed at Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California; co-produced & directed by Malcolm Leo; co-produced & written by Bennett Tramer; co-produced by & featuring Harold Ramis; also featuring Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield & Robin Williams; lots of archive footage of Will Rogers VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • watch official promo ad [6/2013 upload; 1:00] online at YouTube

"The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones" video documentary [1988] Produced by Kate P. Charters & David McWhinnie; written & directed by Dave Flitton; narrated by Jerry O'Regan; with archive footage {culled from newsreels} of Don Ameche, Sir John Anderson, aviator Jean Batten, Eddie Cantor, Neville Chamberlain, John Cobb, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Duke & Duchess of Windsor, Albert Einstein, Gracie Fields, Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco, Wilhelm Frick, Judy Garland, Joseph Goebbels, John Vereker Lord Gort, Hermann & Emmy Göring, Jack Haley, dolf Hitler, King George V, King George VI, King Victor Emmanuel III, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, British fascist Oswald Mosley, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, Olympic athlete Jesse Owens, Philippe Pétain, aviator Wiley Post, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, Queen Mary, Will Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Olympic athlete Fritz Schilgen, George Bernard Shaw, Spanish Nationalist Gen. José Sáenz, child actress Shirley Temple, August von Mackensen, Konstantin von Neurath • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb

"Babe Ruth: The Man, The Myth, The Legend" video short [Fries Home Video 1990]
42-minute docufilm • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2363089/
http://www.amazon.com/Babe-Ruth-Man-Myth-Legend/dp/630164106X/

"America . . . A Look Back: Will Rogers" video release [TIME/LIFE Video 1991] TIME/LIFE Video b&w VHS [1991] out of prodn/used not listed at IMDb

"In That Time and Place: Setting & Character In Short Fiction" [1992]
episode 7 of "Literary Visions" 25-episode documentary TV series [Maryland Public Television 1992]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0632904/fullcredits/ bare credits

"Legends of Comedy" 3-part TV special [Disney Channel 1992] Appears to be 2-hour 45-minute TV special in 3 parts, IMDb data is mixed up partial details for all 3 parts • Co-produced by Charles Grinker & Edward Murphy; co-produced & written by Gary Theroux; featuring archive footage (possibly thru the 1940s/1950S) of Bud Abbott, Gracie Allen, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Victor Borge, George Burns, Sid Caesar, Eddie Cantor, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Lou Costello, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, W.C. Fields, Jackie Gleason, Oliver Hardy, Bob Hope, Spike Jones, Buster Keaton, The Keystone Cops, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel, Jerry Lewis, Harold Lloyd, Dean Martin, The Marx Brothers, Mabel Normand, Will Rogers, Red Skelton, The Three Stooges, Mae West • credits at IMDb Volume #1: 60-minute Reader's Digest Ent. b&w VHS [2009?] for $3.88 Volume #1: 60-minute Reader's Digest Ent. b&w VHS [2009?] out of prodn/used "Legends of Comedy 3-Pack" on VHS [1996] Navarre Corp. b&w VHS [8/98] 3 tapes - out of prodn/used

"Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling" TV movie [Aug 1993]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770804/

"John Ford" TV movie [B.B.C./A&E Networks 1993] 90-minute color & b&w documentary TV movie produced & directed by Andrew Eaton; written & hosted by Lindsay Anderson {script partly based on Anderson's 1981 book}; featuring Harry Carey Jr., Charles B. Fitzsimons, Dan Ford, R.L. 'Lefty' Hough, Ben Johnson, Roddy McDowall, Winston Miller, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Parrish, James Stewart; with archive footage of John Ford, Warner Baxter, Madge Bellamy, Francis X. Bushman Jr., Harry Carey, John Carradine {in "The Grapes of Wrath"}, Linda Darnell, Stepin Fetchit, Henry Fonda, James Hall, Jack Holt, Nunnally Johnson, Marten Lamont, Anna Lee, Margaret Mann, Victor Mature, Hattie McDaniel, Victor McLaglen, Donald Meek, George Meeker, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Montgomery, Charles Morton, Alan Mowbray, George O'Brien, Walter Pidgeon, Will Rogers {in "Judge Priest"}, John Wayne, Charles Winninger, Darryl F. Zanuck VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available (2019) • full credits at IMDb

"Mo' Funny: Black Comedy In America" documentary TV special [1993] written & directed by Yvonne Smith
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274669/fullcredits/

"American Masters" [1994-1997] documentary TV series - "Rediscovering Will Rogers" [1994] written & directed by Stephan Chodorov
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323785/

"Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker" [Sept 1995] episode of the "Biography" TV series [1995-2001]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426390/
http://www.amazon.com/Biography-Darryl-Zanuck-VHS/dp/6303927319/

"America's Music: The Roots of Country" TV documentary [June 1996]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0320816/
http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Music-Roots-Country-VHS/dp/6304140959/ 3 tapes

"The Roaring Twenties" documentary short [1996] winking clip
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246891/

"20th Century Fox: The First 50 Years" documentary TV special [1997] • full credits at IMDb Image Ent. 129-min. b&w/color DVD [8/2000] 2 disks for $48.88 Co-produced, co-written & directed by Kevin Burns; co-written by Lester Thomas Shane; narrated & hosted by James Coburn; featuring Julie Andrews, David Brown, Red Buttons, Alice Faye, Mel Gussow, Frances Klamt, Roddy McDowall, Don Murray, Sheree North, Debbie Reynolds, William Reynolds, Robert Wagner, Eli Wallach, Robert Wise, Jane Withers, producer Richard D. Zanuck; with archive footage of Elizabeth Taylor {as Cleopatra}, Lowell Thomas (voice), Lauren Bacall, Irving Berlin, Pat Boone, Ralph Bunche, Theodore Case, Calvin Coolidge, Wally Cox, Mark Damon, Cesare Danova, Ray Danton, Olivia de Havilland, Irene Dunne, Fabian, Jimmy Fidler, Anthony Franciosa, Kay Francis, Betty Grable, Edmund Gwenn, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Hawks, Rita Hayworth, David Hedison, Audrey Hepburn, Bob Hope, Carole Landis, June Lang, Al Lichtman, Charles Lindbergh Jr., Myrna Loy, Rouben Mamoulian, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jayne Mans-field, Fredric March, E.G. Marshall, Herbert Marshall, Chris-Pin Martin, Dean Martin, James Mason, Victor Mature, Dorothy McGuire, Nina Mae McKinney, Barbara

McLean, Stephen McNally, Beryl Mercer, Gary Merrill, Sal Mineo, Carmen Miranda, Cameron Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell, Robert Mitchum, Tom Mix, Marilyn Monroe, Terry Moore, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Morgan, Alan Mowbray, Herbert Mundin, Ken Murray, Alan Napier, Patricia Neal, Gene Nelson, Ruth Nelson, Lloyd Nolan, Tommy Noonan, Edmond O'Brien, George O'Brien, Arthur O'Connell, Una O'Connor, Maureen O'Hara, Frederick O'Neal, Jack Oakie, Warner Oland {as Charlie Chan}, Robert Osterloh, Patricia Owens, Derek Paget, John Payne, Millie Perkins, Jean Peters, Walter Pidgeon, Ezio Pinza {from "South Pacific"}, Sidney Poitier, aviator Wiley Post, Dick Powell, Tyrone Power, Elvis Presley {from "Love Me Tender"}, Vincent Price, Edmund Purdom, Anthony Quinn {as Alexis Zorba}, Tony Randall, Basil Rathbone, Michael Rennie, Anne Revere, Dick Rich, The Ritz Brothers, Roy Roberts, Jay Robinson, Richard Rodgers, Will Rogers, Barbara Rush, Jane Russell, George Sanders, Tommy Sands, Maximilian Schell, Joseph Schildkraut, producer David O. Selznick, Al Shean, Ann Sheridan, Anne Shirley, Jean Simmons, Russell Simpson {from "The Grapes of Wrath"}, Frank Sinatra, Walter Slezak, Howard Smith, Robert Stack, Rod Steiger, James Stewart, Dean Stockwell, George E. Stone, Russ Tamblyn, Don Taylor, Shirley Temple, The Three Stooges, Lawrence Tibbett, Gene Tierney, Spencer Tracy, Arthur Treacher, Tom Tryon, Lana Turner, Rudy Vallee, Evelyn Varden, Diane Varsi, Helen Walker, Henry Wallace, Henry B. Walthall, studio moguls Harry & Jack L. Warner, Ethel Waters, John Wayne, Orson Welles, Stuart Whitman, Richard Widmark, Michael Wilding, Shelley Winters, Natalie Wood, Joanne Woodward {from "Three Faces of Eve"}, Ed Wynn, Dana Wynter, Diana Wynyard, Loretta Young, Robert Young, Blanche Yurka, and studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck

"Vaudeville" episode [1997] of the "American Masters" documentary TV series [1994-1997] "Before television before radio, before film, there was VAUDEVILLE" • A two-hour history of America's favorite entertainment from the 1880s to the 1930s Written by Greg Palmer; narrated & hosted by Ben Vereen; featuring Morey Amsterdam, Billy Barty, Milton Berle, Iron Eyes Cody, June Havoc, Hildegarde, artist Al Hirschfeld, The Nicholas Brothers, Bobby Short, Louis 'Studs' Terkel, Robert Townsend; with archive footage of Abbott & Costello, Gracie Allen, Fred Astaire, Jack Benny, Eubie Blake, Fanny Brice, George Burns, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, The Duncan Sisters, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Etting, W.C. Fields, Henry Ford, Judy Garland, Bob Hope, Al Jolson, Fuzzy Knight, Fiorello LaGuardia, Bert Lahr, Gypsy Rose Lee, Beatrice Lillie, Moms Mabley, Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham, The Marx Brothers, Molly Picon, Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, Will Rogers, Babe Ruth, Charles 'Chic' Sale, Joe Schenck, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ethel Waters, Bert Williams, columnist Walter Winchell — and many, many others Winstar color/b&w DVD [1/2000] for $59.52 {sic} Winstar color/b&w VHS [1999] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb • watch full episode [2/2015 upload; 2:01:19] online at YouTube

"Slapstick Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Hal Roach, The Lot of Fun" [indep June 1998]
Episode #6 of the ten-episode set; produced & co-curated by David Shepard; co-curated by Joe Adamson; includes short comedies by Charley Chase, Mildred Davis, Kathleen Howard,
Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, Marie Mosquini, the 'Our Gang' kids, 'Snub' Pollard, and Will Rogers ("Big Moments From Little Pictures" [1924]) • inaccurate credits at IMDb
The entries on IMDb are inaccurate, starting with showing only 8 (instead of ten) episodes; episodes 6 & 7 are conflated there, but show in better detail on the DVD info as below.

available on the "Slapstick Encyclopedia, 1909-1927" DVD Box Sets [2002] "Volume 6: Hal Roach's All-Star Comedians" includes the Will Rogers comedy short film; "Volume 7: Hal Roach: The Lot of Fun" does not contain Will Rogers footage Madacy Home Video b&w DVD set[9/2012] 5 disks - out of prodn/used Image Ent. b&w DVD set [4/2002] 5 disks - out of prodn/used includes 53 complete silent comedy short films plus snippets

"The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History" documentary TV miniseries [Maljack Prodns 1999] 12-hour 45-minute documentary series; series credits list more than a hundred people, including Will Rogers • series credits at IMDb M.P.I. Home Video color/b&w DVD [5/2000] 2 disks for $64.98

"Will Rogers" episode [May 2001] of "California's Gold with Huell Howser" TV series [1991-2012] Series producer-host Huell Howser gets a special tour of Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades (West Los Angeles) from Will's youngest child Jimmy Rogers, who shares personal memories and shows Huell the grounds and ranch house that was the family home from 1928 until Will's death in 1935; lots of archive footage of Will Rogers DVD/Blu-ray not available • episode credits at IMDb • series credits at IMDb • official episode homepage

"SlapHappy" TV series [indep July 2001] These programs showcase 75 screen clowns on over 400 clips in thirty half-hour episodes; 13 episodes made for P.B.S. ran in 2001-2003, the other 17 episodes were produced for airing in Russia; co-produced by Larry Stefan, Paul Lisy & Chris Mohr; featuring Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Billy Bevan, Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Al Christie, Chester Conklin, Clyde Cook, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, The Keystone Cops, Harry Langdon, Stan Laurel, Harold Lloyd, Mabel Normand, the Our Gang kids, Paul Parrott, 'Snub' Pollard, Hal Roach, Will Rogers, Larry Semon, Al St. John, Mack Swain, Ben Turpin, and many others series credits from IMDb • official website The Collection on DVD: all 30 episodes plus "Slap Happy: The Movie" on 10 disks Fishigan Films b&w DVD [undated] 10 disks - via Amazon third party for $149.95 Will Rogers footage is on Volume 2, Volume 4, Volume 9, and on the 90-minute compilation "Slap Happy: The Movie" [2004]

"Carole Lombard: Hollywood's Profane Angel" [Sept 2001] episode of the "Biography" TV series [1995-2001]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971309/ with archive footage of Will Rogers

"Will Rogers: An American Original" episode [A&E Networks Oct 2004] of the "Biography" documentary TV series [1987-2013] 90-minute episode exec produced by Kevin Burns, co-produced & directed by Jeanne Begley VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb •

"Syncopated City: 1919-1933" [Oct 2004] episode #2 of the "Broadway: The American Musical" documentary TV mini-series [2004]
Series conceived & developed by Martin Starger; co-produced & directed by Michael Kantor; written by Marc Fields; hosted by Julie Andrews; Episode #2 features Nancy Kathryn Anderson (voice), Mel Brooks, Carol Channing, Jerome Chodorov, André De Shields, Ann Douglas, Chris Ferry (voice), Jonathan Freeman (voice), Philip Furia, Frances Gershwin Godowsky, Stephen Mo Hanan, John Herrera, artist Al Hirschfeld, Margo Jefferson, Robert Kimball, Jane Krakowski (voice), Miles Kreuger, John Lahr, John McMartin (voice), Steve Nelson, Dana O'Connell, Jonathan Schwartz, Jonathan Sheffer, Stephen Sondheim, Max Wilk, George C. Wolfe, Jeffrey Wright (voice), Chip Zien (voice); with archive footage of Warner Baxter, Eubie Blake, Ray Bolger, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Bobby Clark, Lou Clayton, Jimmy Durante, W.C. Fields, George Gershwin, Lorenz 'Larry' Hart, Alberta Hunter, Eddie Jackson, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, Charles King, Bert Lahr, Bessie Love, The Marx Brothers (Chico, Groucho, Harpo & Zeppo), Marilyn Miller, Zelma O'Neal, Anita Page, Dick Powell, Bill Robinson, Richard Rodgers,
Will Rogers & columnist Walter Winchell • episode credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official program website

"Broadway: The American Musical" [aired on PBS Oct 2004] Episode Titles: 1) "Give My Regards To Broadway: 1893-1927"; 2) "Syncopated City: 1919-33"; 3) "I Got Plenty o' Nuttin': 1929-42"; 4) "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin': 1943-60"; 5) "Tradition: 1957-79"; and 6) "Putting It Together: 1980-Present" • 6-episode TV miniseries co-written, co-produced & directed by Michael Kantor; hosted by Julie Andrews • series credits at IMDb P.B.S. Direct widescreen color Blu-ray/multi-format [10/2012] 3 disks for $97.00 {sic} P.B.S. Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/2004] 3 disks - out of prodn/used P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [10/2004] 3 tapes - out of prodn/scarce

"The Great Man: W.C. Fields" video documentary [Passport Intl. Ent. video release Feb 2005] 80-minute documentary co-produced, written & directed by Phillip Dye; archive footage includes W.C. Fields, Bud Abbott, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen, Sarah Bernhardt, Fanny Brice, George Burns, Cab Calloway, Eddie Cantor, John Carradine, Charlie Chaplin, Maurice Chevalier, Lou Costello, Carol Dempster, Stuart Erwin, Jonathan Harris, Harry Houdini, Budd Hulick, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Mitchell Leisen, Rose Marie, Sari Maritza, Chico Marx, Walter Matthau, Charlie McCarthy, H.C. Potter, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Will Rogers, Frank Shuster, Mortimer Snerd, F. Chase Taylor, Rudy Vallee, Johnny Wayne, Mae West, Bert Williams, Ed Wynn, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. • credits at IMDb Passport Video DVD [2/2005] for $12.95 watch official promo [9/2018 upload; 2:12] online at YouTube

"Sock It To Me?: Satire and Parody" episode [Jan 2009] of the "Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" documentary TV series [PBS-TV 2009] 6-episode TV series (IMDb shows 8) co-produced, written & directed by Michael Kantor; based on the book by Laurence Maslon & Michael Kantor; hosted by Billy Crystal; narrated by Amy Sedaris; episode features Roseanne Barr, Shelley Berman, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, George Carlin, Tommy Davidson, Will Ferrell, writer Larry Gelbart, Peter Kastner, Robert Klein, Michael McKean (scenes deleted), Carl Reiner, George Schlatter, David Steinberg, cultural historian Robert Thompson, Larry Wilmore, Ben Yagoda (biographer of Will Rogers), writer Alan Zweibel; with archive footage of Abbott & Costello, Mel Brooks, Johnny Carson, Tom Lehrer, Will Rogers, Allan Sherman, Jon Stewart, Damon Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans Rhino Music Video color/b&w DVD [1/2009] 3 disks for $20.22 episode credits at IMDb • series credits at IMDb watch 12/2008 official Jim Lehrer series promo [0:31] online at YouTube

"Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" [2008] by Laurence Maslon & Michael Kantor Kindle Edition from Twelve/Hachette [12/2008] for $5.99 Twelve 11¼c9¼ hardcover [12/2008] for $12.79

Family & Friends
William Penn Adair Rogers was born in November 1879 on his family's ranch in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (later Claremont, Oklahoma); he performed
in the vaudeville circuits and on Broadway from 1912 to 1925; he acted in motion pictures from 1918 and had a popular syndicated column and a radio show
during the 1920s; he died in a plane crash in Alaska at age 55 in August 1935.

father rancher & politician Clement Vann 'Clem' Rogers [1839-1911]
first wife Mary America Schrimsher Rogers [1838-90] - married 1858, bore 8 children, died 5/1890

Will's sister Sallie Clementine Rogers McSpadden [1863-1943]

Will's sister Maud Ethel Rogers Lane [1869-1925]
Will's nephew James Gunter Lane and Maude Belle Mooney Lane
grand-niece Doris Lane 'Coke' Meyer [1919-2017]
2009 interview at Voices of Oklahoma Archive

Will's sister May (Mary) Rogers [1873-1909]
Will was the youngest of eight children

Clem's second wife Mary A. Bibles Rogers [??-1900] - married 6/1893, died 1/1900

Will's wife Betty Blake Rogers [1879-1944] - married in 1908, widowed in 1935
“The day I roped Betty, I did the star performance of my life.” — Will Rogers

son Will Rogers, Jr. [1911-93] {see section above}
daughter-in-law Collier Connell Rogers [1911-76] - married 1941, died 1976
two adopted grandsons

daughter Mary Amelia Rogers Brooks [1913-1989] was a Broadway actress

son James Blake 'Jimmy' Rogers [1915-2000]
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736956/
daughter-in-law Marguerite Astrea Kemmler Rogers [] - married 1938-87
three children
daughter-in-law Judith Braun Rogers [] - married 1995-2000

son Fred Stone Rogers [1918-20] died of diphtheria when he was two years old

Soapsuds, Will's favorite saddle horse

great-granddaughter Jennifer Rogers-Etcheverry - commissioner on the Will Rogers Memorial Commission
http://www.myhusbandsnuts.com/ of Bakersfield, California
http://www.willrogersranchfoundation.org/

aviator pal Wiley Hardeman Post [1898-1935]
http://www.wileypost.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post
http://www.oklahomahof.com/member-archives/p/post-wiley-2004

"Around The World In Eight Days: The Flight of The Winnie Mae" [1931] by Wiley Post & Harold Gatty, Introduction by Will Rogers, Foreword by Walter J. Boyne Crown Books pb [12/93] for $19.00 Rand, McNally & Co./Garden City 8¼x6 hardcover [1931] long out of print/used

"Air Hawks" [Columbia Pictures May 1935] Two airlines compete for a lucrative airmail contract; the owner of one hires a scientist who has invented a powerful ray that can stop the engines of an airplane in flight . . . • Produced by Harry Cohn; directed by Albert S. Rogell; screenplay by Griffin Jay & Grace Neville, based on Ben Pivar's short story "Air Fury"; starring Ralph Bellamy, Tala Birell, Wiley Post, Douglass Dumbrille, Robert Allen, Billie Seward, Victor Kilian, Robert Middlemass, Geneva Mitchell, Wyrley Birch, Edward Van Sloan, Yvonne Bertrand, Gino Corrado, Frank O'Connor, George Offerman Jr., Niles Welch, Billy West, Charles C. Wilson & stunt pilot Roscoe Turner • full credits at IMDb Sony Choice Collection b&w DVD [8/2012] out of prodn/used

lots more details (short bio, books & ebooks, links) on Spirit of America Bookstore's 'A History of Aviation' Pages

L i n k s
Will Rogers entry at Wikipedia
browse books at Will Rogers Store [returns 40+ items] at Amazon
search for books by/about Will Rogers [returns 650+ titles] at Amazon
search for Will Rogers on DVD {returns 130+ items} at Amazon
Will Rogers credits [1916-35] at Internet Movie Database
Will Rogers credits [1912-29 & 1974-93] at Internet Broadway Database

Will Rogers Medallion Award [est. 2003] based in Rowlett (Dallas), Texas

Claremore, Oklahoma Will Rogers Memorial Museum [est. 1938] website  
The Will Rogers Memorial Theatre [built 1982]
Will Rogers Birthplace Dog Iron Ranch [est. 1870], East 380 Road in Oologah, Oklahoma  

Will Rogers Fly-in at Oologah, Oklahoma [est. 1990s] at Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
events commemorate the anniversary of the 1935 deaths of Rogers and Post, who were killed when Post's plane crashed in Alaska
watch 8/2010 video [6:36] online at YouTube • watch 8/2018 video [9:29] online at YouTube

Will Rogers Motion Picture Festival [Oct-Nov 2019 = #??] in Claremore, Oklahoma

Houses & Buildings & Monuments
Will Rogers State Historic Park [purchased 1922, donated 1944] in Pacific Palisades, California
Will Rogers Ranch Foundation & Will Rogers Cooperative Assn. in Pacific Palisades, California

Will Rogers family home [resident 1925-30] in Beverly Hills, California  
Will Rogers Memorial Park [renamed 1952] in Beverly Hills, California  

Will Rogers Institute [est. 1927, renamed 1936] in Saranac Lake, New York  

Will Rogers Learning Community / Elementary School, 2401 14th Street in Santa Monica, California

Will Rogers Middle School, 4110 W. 154th Street in Lawndale, California

Will Rogers Shrine of The Sun [built 1934-37] in Colorado Springs, Colorado

Will Rogers Theatre and Commercial Block [built 1935], 705-715 Monroe Avenue in Charleston, Illinois
official website • entry at Wikipedia

Will Rogers Theatre [2003-closed], 470 State Highway 248 in Branson, Missouri {venue & website closed pre-2019}

Will Rogers Memorial Center arena [est. 1936]   in Fort Worth, Texas

'Will Rogers Highway' as the Oklahoma segment of Route 66 [est. 6/1952 & 2/2001]  
bronze plaques were installed at Oklahoma's eastern border and at the terminus in Santa Monica, California

Will Rogers Turnpike [open 1957] portion of I-44 Freeway on NE Oklahoma
official website • entry at Wikipedia
Glass House / McDonalds restaurant [demolished 6/2013] at Vinita, Oklahoma  
Archway Plaza [reopened 12/2014] at Vinita, Oklahoma  

Will Rogers Theatre & Event Center [opened 1946] 4322 No. Western Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Will Rogers World Airport {OKC or WRWA} [est. 1911, renamed 1941] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Wiley Post Airport [] in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is a reliever airport for WRWA

Will Rogers Junior High & High School [built 1939], 3909 E. Fifth Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma  
Will Rogers High School Community Foundation [est. 2010] of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Will Rogers Theatre [open 1941, demolished circa 1980], 4500 E. 11th Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Claremore [OK] Chamber of Commerce [est. 1942]

Will Rogers Auditorium [built 1919?]   on the campus of Rogers State University [est. 1909, renamed 1982] in Claremore, Oklahoma

Will Rogers Hotel/Inn, 940 So. Lynn Riggs Blvd. in Claremore, Oklahoma

Cherokee-owned Will Rogers Downs racetrack [open 8/1987] east of Claremore, Oklahoma

Will Rogers Raceway dirt auto racing track [??-2017] on Highway 20 east of Claremore, Oklahoma

here on the Will Rogers [1879-1935] Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore

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