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“Only a fool argues with a skunk, a mule, or a cook.”
— Will Rogers
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
Writings and Speeches
humorist Will Rogers [1879-1935] Quotations Page at Working Minds: A Philosophy of Empowerment
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staff members at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum [est. 1938] produced the collected "Writings of Will Rogers" in 22 volumes, circa 1970s & 1980s
series editors were James Smallwood and Steven Gragert, with outside authorities as authors on some volumes
Oklahoma State University Press is publisher, with only 8 volumes currently in print (2019)
search books on keywords 'Writings+of+Will+Rogers' at Amazon
"Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams, Volume 1: The Coolidge Years, 1926-1929" [1978] ed. James M. Smallwood
http://www.amazon.com/ROGERS-DAILY-TELEGRAMS-Coolidge-Years/dp/B0000EEF90/
"Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams, Volume 2: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931" [1978]
by Rogers, Will & (James M. Smallwood & Steven K. Gragert , Editors)
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Daily-Telegrams-1929-1931/dp/B00260VKK6/
"Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams, Volume 3: The Hoover Years, 1931-1933"
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Telegrams-Hoover-Years-1931-1933/dp/B004X7Q8GQ/
"Will Roger's Daily Telegrams, Volume 4: The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935" [12/1979]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Daily-Telegrams-Roosevelt/dp/0914956132/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, Volume 1: The Harding / Coolidge Years, 1922-1925" [8/1980]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-Vol/dp/0914956159/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, Volume 2: The Coolidge Years, 1925-1927" []
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-1925-1927/dp/0914956167/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, Volume 3: The Coolidge Years, 1927-1929" [4/1981]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-1927-1929/dp/0914956175/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, Volume 4: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931" [2/1982]
http://www.amazon.com/Rogers-Weekly-Articles-Hoover-Writings/dp/0914956183/
"Will Roger's Weekly Articles, Volume 5: The Hoover Years, 1931-1933" [2/1982]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-1931-1933/dp/0914956191/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, Volume 6: The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935" [11/1982]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-Roosevelt/dp/0914956213/
"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles - Volumes 1-6" [1982]
http://www.amazon.com/Will-Rogers-Weekly-Articles-Volumes/dp/B009LAKFR8/
"There's not a bathing suit in Russia & other bare facts" [1973]
http://www.amazon.com/Theres-bathing-Russia-writings-Rogers/dp/B0006CA7UA/
"The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference Series 1, Volume 4" [6/1975]
http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Philosopher-Conference-Writings-Rogers/dp/0914956051/
"Rogers-Isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition v5" [8/1975]
Joseph A. STOUT,(Editor). Assistant Editor: Peter C. Rollins
http://www.amazon.com/Rogers-Isms-Cowboy-Philosopher-Prohibition-Writings/dp/091495606X/
"CONVENTION ARTICLES Of WILL ROGERS" [1976]
http://www.amazon.com/CONVENTION-ARTICLES-ROGERS-Writings-Rogers/dp/B0014TXMYW/
"Convention Articles of Will Rogers" [6/1976]
http://www.amazon.com/Convention-Articles-Will-Rogers-Writings/dp/0914956086/
http://www.amazon.com/Convention-Articles-Will-Rogers-Writings/dp/B01FIZLBO0/
"Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to His President" [8/1977]
http://www.amazon.com/Writings-Will-Rogers-Self-Made-President/dp/0914956094/
"The Illiterate Digest" [8/1977]
edited and with an Introduction by Joseph A. Stout, Jr.) [1980]
http://www.amazon.com/ILLITERATE-DIGEST-Writings-Will-Rogers/dp/B001NIP4KO/
"He Chews to Run Will Rogers Life Magazine Articles 1928 (Writings of Will Rogers) [8/1982]
http://www.amazon.com/Chews-Rogers-Magazine-Articles-Writings/dp/0914956205/
"More Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat (Writings of Will Rogers)
by Will Rogers | Dec 1, 1982
http://www.amazon.com/Letters-Self-Made-Diplomat-Writings-Rogers/dp/0914956221/
"HOW TO BE FUNNY AND OTHER WRITINGS OF WILL ROGERS. The Writings of Will Rogers Series V: Magazine Articles of Will Rogers. Volume 3. [1983]
"Radio Broadcasts of Will Rogers
by Steven K.; EDITOR Gragert | Jan 1, 1983
http://www.amazon.com/Broadcasts-Rogers-Steven-EDITOR-Gragert/dp/B000IMJ05Q/
http://www.amazon.com/Radio-Broadcasts-Will-Rogers-Writings/dp/0914956248/
"Cumulative Index: The Writings of Will Rogers (Rogers, Will, Works. Vii.)
by Steven K. Gragert and Judy G. Buchholz | Sep 1, 1983
http://www.amazon.com/Cumulative-Index-Writings-Rogers-Works/dp/0914956272/
 | "The Papers of Will Rogers, Volume 1: The Early Years, November 1879 to April 1904" [1996] Edited by Arthur Frank Wertheim & Barbara Bair Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [3/96] for $18.99 |
 | "Papers of Will Rogers, Volume 2: Wild West and Vaudeville, April 1904 to September 1908" [2000] Edited by Arthur Frank Wertheim & Barbara Bair
Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [11/2000] for $16.03 |
 | "The Papers of Will Rogers, Volume 3: From Vaudeville to Broadway, September 1908 to August 1915" [2001] Edited by Arthur Frank Wertheim & Barbara Bair
Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [6/2001] for $55.33 {sic} |
 | "The Papers of Will Rogers, Volume 4: From Broadway To The National Stage, September 1915 to July 1928" [2005] Edited by Steven K. Gragert & M. Jane Johansson
Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2005] for $40.00 |
 | "The Papers of Will Rogers: The Final Years, August 1928 to August 1935" [2006] Edited by Steven K. Gragert & M. Jane Johansson Univ Oklahoma Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2006] for $6.14 {sic} |
 | "The Autobiography of Will Rogers" [1949] Selected & Edited by Donald Day, with a Foreword by Will Rogers, Jr. and Jim Rogers Lancer Books mass pb [1963] out of print/scarce Lancer Books mass pb [1963] out of print/scarce Peoples Book Club 8x5½ hardcover [1949] out of print/used |
 | "The Best of Will Rogers: A Collection of Rogers' Wit and Wisdom, Astonishingly Relevant For Today's World" [1979] by Bryan Sterling, Foreword by Will Rogers, Jr.
M. Evans & Co. 9x6¼ pb [7/2000] for $35.00 M. Evans & Co. 9x6¼ pb [10/90] out of print/40+ used Fine Commns 9½x6½ hardcover [7/97] out of print/many used Crown Publrs 9x6 hardcover [5/85] for $38.00 |
 | "Will Rogers Says . . ." [1992] Edited by Dr. Reba Neighbors Collins
86-page collection from the former director of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum Quaid Publng 7x5¼ hardcover [2/2008] for $14.95 Taylor Publng 'Follies' Special Edition 7x5 hardcover [1992] for $21.22 Neighbors & Quaid/Council Oak Books 7½x5¾ hardcover [11/92] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Will Rogers At The Ziegfeld Follies" [1992] Edited by Arthur Frank Wertheim, Foreword by Joseph H. Carter Univ Oklahoma Press 8½x5½ hardcover [11/92] for $21.50 |
 | "The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers: An A-to-Z Compendium of Quotes From America's Best-Loved Humorist" [1993] Edited by Alex Ayres
Plume 8x5½ pb [12/93] out of print/used Meridian/Penguin 8x5½ pb [12/93] out of print/used |
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"Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations For Public Speakers (and Writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers . . .)" [1995] by Bryan B. Sterling & Frances N. Sterling M. Evans and Co. 8½x5¾ pb [12/95] for $16.95 M. Evans and Co. 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/95] out of print/many used |
 | "The Quotable Will Rogers" [2005] by Joseph Carter, Foreword by {country singer} Larry Gatlin Kindle Edition from Gibbs Smith [2005 edition] for $7.99 Gibbs Smith 7x6 hardcover [12/2005] for $9.43 |
"Breaking Into The Writing Game" [2005] by Will Rogers
18-page article extracted from the 1977 book "The Illiterate Digest" by Will Rogers
Kessinger Publng 11x8½ pb [9/2010] for $12.76
Kessinger Publng 11x8½ hardcover [9/2010] for $24.76
Stageplays, Radio, Other Media
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Will Rogers credits [1912-29 & 1974-93] at Internet Broadway Database
"The Wall Street Girl" (Apr 15, 1912 - Jun 01, 1912)
"Hands Up" (Jul 22, 1915 - Sep 03, 1915)
"Ned Wayburn's Town Topics" (Sep 23, 1915 - Nov 20, 1915)
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" (Nov 1915 - closing date unknown)
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1917" (Jun 12, 1917 - Sep 04, 1917)
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1918" (Jun 18, 1918 - closing date unknown)
"Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review" (Sep 1919 - closing date unknown)
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" (Nov 17, 1921 - Mar 1922)
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1922" (Jun 05, 1922 - Jun 23, 1923)
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1924" (Jun 24, 1924 - Mar 07, 1925)
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1925" (Jul 06, 1925 - Sep 19, 1925)
"Three Cheers" Broadway musical comedy (Oct 15, 1928 - April 13, 1929)
with Will Rogers as King Pompanola
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"Will Rogers' USA" one-man stageplay [1970]
   | Conceived & produced by George Spota; adapted & directed by Paul Shyre; starring James Whitmore [1921-2009]; first staged at the Loretto-Hilton Theater in Webster Groves, Missouri in January 1970 and then world premiered at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC in Sept-Oct 1970; Whitmore performed the play there also in Jan-Feb 1974, March-April 1978, Oct-Nov 1979, Sept 1984, Oct-Nov 1991, Sept-Oct 1996, and Feb 2000. It was broadcast on television in 1972 and had a limited run on Broadway in May 1974; actor Paul Tripp starred in a national tour of the play in 1974.
stageplay entry at Wikipedia "George Spota Presents James Whitmore in Will Rogers U.S.A." [CBS-TV 1972]
"Will Rogers U.S.A." Broadway stageplay [May 1974] "Will Rogers U.S.A." cassette recording [1990]
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"The Will Rogers Follies" Broadway musical stageplay [1991]
 | 33 previews, then 981 performances from May 1991 to September 1993; book by Peter Stone; music by Cy Coleman; lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; 'inspired by the words of Will Rogers & Betty Rogers'; directed & choreographed by Tommy Tune; cast members included Keith Carradine, Dee Hoty, Betty Blake, Nancy Ringham, Mickey Rooney, recorded voice of Gregory Peck as Mr. Ziegfeld, Dick Latessa, Paul Ukena Jr., Roxane Barlow, Bonnie Brackney, Tom Brackney, Maria Calabrese, Colleen Dunn, Rick Faugno, John Ganun, Troy Britton Johnson, Tammy Minoff, Dana Moore, Jason Opsahl, Lance Robinson, Jillana Urbina, Wendy Waring, Leigh Zimmerman, and Wild West Show Dogs B.A., Cocoa, Gigi, Honey, Rusty, Trixie & Zee •
credits at Internet Broadway Database
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available (2019) • full credits at IMDb watch Nov 1993 kinescope video [1/2017 upload; 2:24:08] online at YouTube "The Will Rogers Follies Songbook: Piano & Vocal Selections" [2007] Hal Leonard Music Publng 12x9 pb [6/2007] for $10.98 |
 | "The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue" Broadway Cast Recording [1991] Columbia Records audio CD [10/2011] 20 tracks - out of prodn/used Sony Music Ent. MP3 soundtrack album download [2006] 20 tracks for $8.99 Columbia Records audio cassette [9/91] 20 tracks - out of prodn/used |
"Will Rogers: An American Original" one-man stageplay [circa 2010]
 | written by & starring Kevin McKillip; play has been performed at First Folio Theatre [May 2010] in Oak Brook (Chicago), Illinois, at Stormfield Theatre [Nov 2011] in Lansing, Michigan, and at Studio 825 [Aug 2012] in Chicago, Illinois
watch 9/2012 official promo [1:14] online at YouTube |
"Will Rogers: A Biographical Monologue" by Acie Cargill [2017]
 | monologue for actors; selected from writings of Will Rogers
32-page Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [4/2017] for $9.95 40-page CreateSpace 9x6 pb [5/2017] for $9.95 |
 | "The Voice Of Will Rogers" [1973] Presented by American Heritage Records
American Heritage Records vinyl LP [1973] for $12.98 EarthStation1 audio CD MP-3 album [2014] out of prodn/used - Side One: 1. Timely Topics, Early 1920s; 2. Address To Traffic Chiefs, 1922; 3. Unemployment Speech, October 18, 1931; 4. Democratic Convention, 1932; 5. President's Day, April 30, 1933; 6. 'Badwill' Tour, July 9, 1934; 7. Treaties, March 31, 1935; Side Two: 1. Government Spending, April 7, 1935; 2. Pilgrims and Pioneers, April 14, 1935; 3. Inheritance Taxes, April 28, 1935; 4. Mother's Day, May 12, 1935; 5. Congressional Record, May 12, 1935; 6. Supreme Court, June 2, 1935; 7. Last Broadcast, June 9, 1935 |
 | "Will Rogers: America's Legendary Humorist" radio recordings [2006]
Collectables audio CD [12/2006] for $3.98 Legacy Intl. audio CD-R [11/2009] for $12.00 Legacy Intl. MP-3 album download [2/2006] for $8.99 7 tracks, each runs from 2 to 17 minutes; Amazon data is inaccurate; all three versions seem to include "All I Know Is What I Read In The Papers", "President's Day", "All About Pilgrims", "Mother's Day", "Plans", and "Congress and Law"; inclusion of "A Mature Crooner" or "Taxes" is uncertain |
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 | "Will Rogers Cookbook: With The Sayings of Will Rogers" [1979] from Will Rogers State Historic Park Palisades Publrs 9x6½ hardcover [1979] for $36.65 Palisades Publrs 9x6½ hardcover [1979] out of print/used "Will Rogers Cookbook: Revised Edition" [1992] Edited by Donna Raymond Will Rogers Cooperative Assn. hardcover [1992] out of print/used 2016 book promo article with three recipes |
 | "Cookin' With Will Rogers" [2000] by Sharon McFall & Gene McFall
Cookbook Resources LLC 9x6¾ plastic comb binding [5/2000] for $16.42 |
Works About Will Rogers
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 | "The John Riddell Murder Case" mystery novel [1930] by John Riddell, Illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias American humorist Corey Ford [1902-69] wrote satirical reviews under the penname John Riddell; this novel is a parody of a Philo Vance mystery: the body of book reviewer Riddell is found in his apartment, his death apparently caused by boredom - suspects include Sherwood Anderson, Calvin Coolidge, Robert Frost, Dashiell Hammett, Will Rogers, Jim Tully, and Alexander Woollcott • book entry at Wikipedia Scribner's 7½x5½ hardcover [1930] long out of print/used Scribner's hardcover [1930] long out of print/used |
 | "Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom" [1935] by P.J. O'Brien, with An Appreciation by Lowell Thomas Kindle Edition from NightHawk Books [10/2015] for $2.99 {sic} Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [5/2018] for $5.46 Forgotten Books 9x6 hardcover [5/2018] for $30.33 John C. Winston Co. hardcover [1935] out of print/used Universal Book and Bible House, Philadelphia 9x6½ hardcover [1935] out of print/used John C. Winston Co. 8x6 hardcover [1935] out of print/used |
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"The Story of Will Rogers" biography [1935] by Jerome Beatty
Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $4.22 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $29.56 Saalfield Publng hardcover [1939] long out of print/scarce Saalfield Publng hardcover [1935] long out of print/used |
 | "The Will Rogers Scrapbook: A Nostalgic Return To Will Rogers' America" [1976] Selected & Edited by Bryan B. Sterling, Foreword by James Blake Rogers Grosset & Dunlap 11x8¾ pb [1976] for $10.95 Random House Value Publng 10¾x8¼ hardcover [12/88] for $9.42 Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1976] for $18.95 |
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"Will Rogers & Wiley Post: Death At Barrow" [1993] by Bryan B. Sterling & Frances N. Sterling hardcover [6/93] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments On The 20's and 30's – and 80's and 90's" [1993] by Bryan B. Sterling & Frances N. Sterling
Kindle Edition from M. Evans & Co. [1993 edition] for $9.99 M. Evans & Co. 9x6 pb [9/93] for $10.94 |
 | "American Original: A Life of Will Rogers" [1996] by Ray Robinson Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/96] for $15.46 |
 | "Will Rogers (On My Own Biographies Series)" [ages 5 & up; 1996] by Jane A. Schott, Illustrated by David Charles Brandon Carolrhoda Books 8¾x6 pb [6/96] out of print/used Carolrhoda Books 8¾x6¼ library hardcover [9/96] for $50.01 |
 | "Will Rogers: Larger Than Life" [ages 5 & up; 1999] by by Debbie Padey, Illustrated by Scott Goto Kindle Edition from StarWalk Kids Media [2/2014] for $6.99 Walker & Co. 11½x8¾ hardcover [3/99] out of print/used |
 | "Will Rogers" children's book [grades 2-4; 2002] by Frank Keating, Illustrated by Mike Wimmer Voyager Books 10½x8½ pb [9/2008] for $27.50 Oklahoma Hall of Fame 11¼x8¾ hardcover [6/2018] for $17.96 Silver Whistle 11¼x9 hardcover [8/2002] out of print/40+ used |
 | "Will Rogers For President" [2008] by Charley Green (self-appointed senior advisor, campaign manager, and fun raiser), Illustrated by Jack Wells Kindle Edition from C.R. Green & Assocs. [11/2015] for $5.49 C.R. Green & Assocs. 8½x5½ pb [4/2012] for $7.37 C.R. Green & Assocs. 8x5½ pb [6/2008] for $6.45 |
 | "When The Laughing Stopped: The Strange, Sad Death of Will Rogers" [2008] by John Evangelist Walsh Univ Alaska Press 9x6 pb [2/2011] for $15.24 Univ Alaska Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2008] for $22.54 |
 | "Deadline Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns" [2011] Edited by John P. Avlon, Jesse Angelo & Errol Louis Overlook 9x6 hardcover [9/2011] for $18.61 Historical and current writers covered include: Mitch Albom, Russell Baker, Mike Barnicle, Dave Barry, Ambrose Bierce, Thomas Boswell, Jimmy Breslin, David Brooks, Heywood Broun, Art Buchwald, William F. Buckley, Jimmy Cannon, Richard Harding Davis, Pete Dexter, Maureen Dowd, Fanny Fern, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas L. Friedman, Woody Guthrie, Pete Hamill, Ben Hecht, W.C. Heinz, Ernest Hemingway, Bob Herbert, Carl Hiaasen, Langston Hughes, Murray Kempton, Michael Kinsley, Tony Kornheiser, Steve Lopez, H.L. Mencken, Jack New-field, Peggy Noonan, Kathleen Parker, Westbrook Pegler, Leonard Pitts, Ernie Pyle, Anna Quindlen, Grantland Rice, Will Rogers, Theodore Roosevelt, Mike Royko, Damon Runyon, Red Smith, Dorothy Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Cynthia Tucker, Mark Twain, Orson Welles & George Will |
 | "Our American West" in four volumes [2012] by Gary McCarthy
author/publisher's official bookpage Volume 1: 26 essays include subjects Black Bart, Joaquin Murieta, Charles Russell, Will Rogers Kindle Edition from Wolfpack Publng [rev 6/2015] for 99¢ {sic} CreateSpace 9x6 pb [3/2012] for $6.95 73 essay subjects in the other volumes include John Wesley Powell, Tom Horn, Mark Twain, John Sutter, John Wesley Hardin, Junipero Serra, Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, and the Texas Rangers |
 | "Will Rogers and His Daredevil Movie" novel [2012] by Vance H. Trimble Will Rogers joins a movie crew making a silent adventure film on location in Oklahoma, with fellow stars Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, W.C. Fields, and one-eyed aviator pal Wiley Post Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [7/2012] for $3.99 CreateSpace 9x6 pb [7/2012] for $14.95 |
"The Great Ziegfeld" [M.G.M. March 1936]
  | Lavish b&w life of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. [1867-1932], famed producer of extravagant Broadway stage revues, from his beginnings as a sideshow barker in 1893; A.A. Trimble, who portrays vaudeville performer Will Rogers, was a Cleveland map salesman who frequently impersonated Rogers at Rotarian lunches • Produced by Hunt Stromberg; directed by Robert Z. Leonard; dance direction by Seymour Felix; written by William Anthony McGuire (aided by widow Billie Burke); music by Arthur Lange; costumes by Adrian; starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fannie Brice {as herself}, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger {as himself}, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendleton, Harriet Hoctor, Jean Chatburn, Paul Irving, Herman Bing, Charles Judels, Marcelle Corday, Raymond Walburn, Buddy Doyle {as Eddie Cantor}, Jack Baxley, Raymond Brown, Wallis Clark, soloist Thomas Clarke, William Demarest, Miss Morocco {as Little Egypt}, Mae Questel, Joe Yule, with Lynn Bari, Virginia Grey, Dolly Verner & Patricia Ryan (Nixon) among the many Ziegfeld Girls • won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (LR), Best Dance Direction, four other Oscar nominations including Best Director & Best Script
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [2/2004] for $9.70 Warner Home Video b&w DVD [11/2009] for $9.89 Soundtrack Factory soundtrack CD [4/2004] 14 tracks for $4.98 Classic Intl. Filmusicals vinyl LP record [undated] 15 tracks for $12.60 Classic Intl. Filmusicals vinyl LP record [undated] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official wide-release trailer [10/2012 upload; 3:33] online at YouTube |
"Pearl" [DVD release Nov 2010]
 | The true story of Chickasaw Indian girl Eula Pearl Carter-Scott of Oklahoma who became the youngest licensed pilot in the U.S. in 1928 • Directed by King Hollis; written by Thomas Bailey, Donna Carlton & Margaret Reynolds; starring Elijah DeJesus {as Pearl}, Andrew Sensenig, Angela Gair, Paden Brown, Cameron Rostami, Sean Cain, Isabel Archuleta, Robert S. Ball {as Will Rogers} & Tom Huston {as Wiley Post}; DVD includes feature film, commentaries & 3 featurettes
2-disk color Blu-ray available at Chickasaw Outpost for $16.99 + s/h 2-disk color DVD available at Chickasaw Outpost for $14.99 + s/h full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
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Will Rogers, Jr. [1911-93]
William Vann Rogers - generally known as Will Rogers, Jr. - was born in October 1911 in New York City; he grew up in Beverly Hills, California and at the family ranch in Pacific Palisades; after graduating from Stanford, he published a local newspaper in Beverly Hills; he was a member of R.O.T.C. but did not enlist in the U.S. Army until June 1942; he was commissioned and led a tank battalion. He served as Congressman from District 16, then in San Jose, and resigned in May 1944, returning to the Army, where he served with Patton in Europe. He received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star and was discharged in March 1946. Will Rogers, Jr. was politically active after The War, while working as an actor and radio host, from 1949 to 1958, when he retired to a ranch in Tubac, Arizona; he suffered severe health problems late in life, and committed suicide at age 81 in July 1993.
Will Rogers, Jr.'s credits listing {1921-82} at Internet Movie Database •
Will Rogers, Jr. entry at Wikipedia
"The Jack Rider" [1921] juvenile role /tt0012327/
"The Vengeance Trail" juvenile role [1921] /tt0012797/
"Look For The Silver Lining" [1949] as Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041599/
http://www.amazon.com/Look-Silver-Lining-June-Haver/dp/B0026ZQJB6/
"The Story of Will Rogers" [Warner Bros. July 1952]
 | 109-minute biopic in Technicolor™; about the homespun Oklahoma humorist and social critic who started as a cowboy and went on to vaudeville, radio, and movies • Produced by Robert Arthur; directed by Michael Curtiz; co-written by Frank Davis, Stanley Roberts & Jack Moffitt, based on a magazine story by widow Betty Blake Rogers; music by Victor Young; starring Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller, James Gleason, Slim Pickens, Noah Beery Jr. {as Wiley Post}, Mary Wickes, Steve Brodie, Margaret Field, Pinky Tomlin, Eddie Cantor, William Forrest {as Florenz Ziegfeld}, Montie Montana (trick roping double), Larry J. Blake, Earl Lee {as President Woodrow Wilson}, J. Carrol Naish {opening scene narrator}, Jimmie Dodd, Art Gilmore & Jay Silverheels; with archive footage of Fanny Brice & Al Jolson {clip from 'Rhapsody In Blue' [1945]}
Warner Archive Collection widescreen color DVD [5/2010] for $11.18 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full color movie [45/2018 upload; 1:49:02] online at YouTube |
"The Ford Television Theatre" TV series [1952-54]
"Life, Liberty, and Orrin Dooley" [1952]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0581222/
"The Eddie Cantor Story" [1953] as Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045720/
"The Ford Television Theatre" TV series [1952-54]
"Lucky Tommy Jordan" [1954]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0581224/
"The Boy From Oklahoma" [Warner Bros. Feb 1954]
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Tom Brewster, handy with a rope but not a gun, rides into town and mails off his lawyer's exam, but when the mail is robbed he is left without a job to ride to. When Tom's lack of ability with a gun is exposed, town boss Turlock offers him the job of sheriff but Turlock has misjudged Tom and Tom without a gun is soon on the trail of the former sheriff's killer and that will lead directly to Turlock. The film became the basis for the 1957 Warner Bros. TV series "Sugarfoot" [1967-71] starring Will Hutchins; DVD release in 2013, but nothing found on Amazon (2019) • Produced by David Weisbart; directed by Michael Curtiz; written by Frank Davis & Winston Miller, based on the short story "The Sheriff Was Scared" by Michael Fessier; music by Max Steiner; starring Will Rogers Jr., Nancy Olson, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Wallace Ford, Clem Bevans, Merv Griffin, Louis Jean Heydt, Sheb Wooley, Slim Pickens, Tyler MacDuff {as Billy the Kid}, James Griffith, Monte Blue, Danny Borzage, George Chesebro, Harry Lauter, roper Montie Mon-tana, Denver Pyle, Skip Torgerson, Charles Wagenheim, Joan Weldon
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Schlitz Playhouse" TV series [1954-56]
"Gift of The Devil" [1954] /tt0695763/
"The Schoolmarm" [1955] /tt0695982/
"A Mule For Santa Fe" [1955] /tt0695696/
"On A Dark Night" [1956] /tt0695839/
"Scattergood Baines" TV movie [1955]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5049370/
"Good Morning! with Will Rogers, Jr." daily TV series [Feb 1955 to April 1957] /tt0046627/
hosted by Will Rogers, Jr.; regulars included the Baird Puppets, guests included Eartha Kitt, Jack Paar, Patti Page
"Matinee Theatre" TV series [1957]
"The Middle-Aged Freshman" [1957] /tt2223636/
"A Light In The Sky" [1957] /tt1412128/
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" [1957] /tt2564860/
"Swiss Family Robinson: Lost In The Jungle" TV movie [1958 unsold TV pilot, broadcast in 2000]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0385265/
"Wild Heritage" [Universal Pictures 1958]
Directed by Charles Haas; starring Will Rogers Jr., Maureen O'sullivan, Rod McKuen
http://www.amazon.com/Wild-Heritage-Will-Rogers-Jr/dp/B077DW6CV1/ in Prime Video
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052393/
"Who Killed Holly Howard?" [1963] episode of "Burke's Law" TV series
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0533852/
"Death Valley Days" TV series [U.S. Borax Inc. 1952-70]
past episodes were retitled and syndicated in 1964 under the title "The Pioneers", hosted by Will Rogers, Jr.
"The American Adventure" [1982] as voice of Will Rogers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219494/
"Will Rogers Jr. speaks with the Beverly Hills Historical Society in Will Rogers Park" [1988]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceKce3W5pFk [29.46]
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 | "Lux Radio Theater: The Story of Will Rogers" [1953] 60-minute radio adaptation of "The Story of Will Rogers" feature film that was broadcast on 12 January 1953 with Will Rogers Jr. & Jane Wyman reprising their film roles; hosted by producer Irving Cummings, with announcer Ken Carpenter listen to audio recording [3/2017 upload; 57:02] online at YouTube collection of 813 "Lux Radio Theater" episodes from Affordable OTR Affordable OTR MP-3 compilation on USB thumb drive [2019] for $19.95 |
"Rogers of The Gazette" CBS Radio series [1953-54]
Will Rogers, Jr. starred as a small-town newspaper owner
oneSmedia MP-3 CD-ROM [undated] 28 episodes for $7.50
A.M.F./Goose Radio MP-3 CD [2011] 29 episodes for $5.99 + s/h
 | "Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales of America" [1960s] Told by Will Rogers, Jr. and sung by Tom Scott Riverside/Wonderland mono vinyl LP [1960s] out of prodn/used |
 | "The Other Way To Listen" children's book [1978] by Byrd Baylor, Illustrated by Peter Parnall Kindle Edition from Atheneum BFYR [6/2014] for $7.15 Aladdin 10x7¾ pb [12/97] for $7.53 Atheneum BFYR 10x7¾ hardcover [12/78] for $19.99 "The Other Way To Listen" read by Will Rogers Jr. on DVD [1988] 16-minute video co-directed by John H. & Jennie Crouch Silvercloud Video Prodns color DVD [2012] out of prodn/scarce |
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