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The Story of Will Rogers

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Director
  
Michael Curtiz

Music director
  
Victor Young

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Biography, Comedy, Drama

Costume design
  
Milo Anderson

Country
  
United States

The Story of Will Rogers movie poster

Release date
  
1952 (1952)

Writer
  
Frank Davis (screenplay), Stanley Roberts (screenplay), Jack Moffitt (adaptation), Betty Blake Rogers (magazine story)

Cast
  
Will Rogers Jr.
(Will Rogers),
Jane Wyman
(Betty Rogers nee Blake),
Slim Pickens
(Dusty Donovan),
Carl Benton Reid
(Senator Clem Rogers),
Eve Miller
(Cora Marshall),
James Gleason
(Bert Lynn)

Similar movies
  
Related Michael Curtiz movies

Tagline
  
All his Great Joy and all his God Darned Greatness

The story of will rogers 1952 title sequence


The Story of Will Rogers is a 1952 movie biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers, Jr. as his father. The supporting cast features Jane Wyman, Slim Pickens, Noah Beery, Jr., Steve Brodie, and Eddie Cantor. Bing Crosby secretly made a screen test for the lead role available for viewing at the Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles but was deemed too different in persona from Rogers to play the part.

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Cast

  • Will Rogers, Jr. as Will Rogers
  • Jane Wyman as Betty Blake Rogers
  • Carl Benton Reid as Senator Clem Rogers
  • Eve Miller as Cora Marshall
  • James Gleason as Bert Lynn
  • Slim Pickens as Dusty Donovan
  • Noah Beery, Jr. as Wiley Post
  • Mary Wickes as Mrs. Foster
  • Steve Brodie as Dave Marshall
  • Pinky Tomlin as Orville James
  • Margaret Field as Sally Rogers, Will's sister
  • Eddie Cantor as Himself
  • Frank Bank as a youthful Will Rogers
  • Earl Lee as Woodrow Wilson (uncredited)

    • Inaccuracies

    The film depicts Rogers' father, Clem Rogers, as being part of the Oklahoma delegation at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, despite the fact that Clem Rogers had died in 1911.

    References

    The Story of Will Rogers Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Story of Will Rogers IMDb The Story of Will Rogers themoviedb.org