Will Rogers

Will Rogers

William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. Known as Oklahoma's favorite son, Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), wrote more than 4,000 nationally-syndicated newspaper columns, and became a world-famous figure. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was adored by the American people. He was the leading political wit of the Progressive Era, and was the top-paid Hollywood movie star at the time. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska. His vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion, and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that was readily appreciated by a national audience, with no one offended. His short aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat." Rogers even provided an epigram on his most famous epigram:     When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I dident like." I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. Description above from the Wikipedia article Will Rogers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Will Rogers
  • Popularity: 1.227
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1879-11-03
  • Place of Birth: Oologah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
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Will Rogers Movies

  • 1934
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    Judge Priest

    Judge Priest

    6.4 1934 HD

    Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great...

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  • 1922
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    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

    Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12

    1 1922 HD

    Another entry in the popular one-reel series.

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  • 1933
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    State Fair

    State Fair

    6.3 1933 HD

    The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.

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  • 1933
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    Doctor Bull

    Doctor Bull

    6.6 1933 HD

    In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly...

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  • 1935
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    Steamboat Round the Bend

    Steamboat Round the Bend

    7.5 1935 HD

    A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be...

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  • 1927
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    A Texas Steer

    A Texas Steer

    1 1927 HD

    Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander just happens to be a very wealthy rancher, but the money doesn't really mean that much to him. The same can't be said...

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  • 1961
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    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    1 1961 HD

    A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.

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  • 1923
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    Hollywood

    Hollywood

    7 1923 HD

    Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her...

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  • 1931
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    Ambassador Bill

    Ambassador Bill

    5.7 1931 HD

    An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is...

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  • 1931
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    A Connecticut Yankee

    A Connecticut Yankee

    6 1931 HD

    Making a delivery to a mysterious mansion in a rainstorm, radio salesman Hank Martin is knocked out when a suit of armor topples on him. Upon...

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  • 1922
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    The Ropin' Fool

    The Ropin' Fool

    6 1922 HD

    "Ropes" Reilly shows off his impressive roping skills, then runs afoul of the local townsfolk.

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  • 1929
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    Happy Days

    Happy Days

    6 1929 HD

    Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly...

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  • 1932
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    Down To Earth

    Down To Earth

    7 1932 HD

    Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.

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  • 1924
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    Don't Park There

    Don't Park There

    5 1924 HD

    Don't Park There was one of a series of two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season. The story amounts to...

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  • 1924
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    Big Moments from Little Pictures

    Big Moments from Little Pictures

    5 1924 HD

    In this short, Will Rogers introduces and concludes the movie. And, then, he acts in different fake versions of highlights from famous movies--such...

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  • 1924
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    Two Wagons Both Covered

    Two Wagons Both Covered

    1 1924 HD

    Satire on the epic Western 'The Covered Wagon (1923)'.

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  • 1935
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    Doubting Thomas

    Doubting Thomas

    7 1935 HD

    A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides...

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  • 1935
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    Life Begins at Forty

    Life Begins at Forty

    1 1935 HD

    A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft...

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  • 1929
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    They Had to See Paris

    They Had to See Paris

    5.6 1929 HD

    Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides the family must go to Paris to get...

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  • 1933
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    Mr. Skitch

    Mr. Skitch

    6 1933 HD

    After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew....

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  • 1932
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    Business and Pleasure

    Business and Pleasure

    4 1932 HD

    On a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme fatale in the pay of a business rival, and he...

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  • 1942
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    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    1 1942 HD

    The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

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  • 1934
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    David Harum

    David Harum

    1 1934 HD

    Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank...

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  • 2010
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    Will Rogers and American Politics

    Will Rogers and American Politics

    1 2010 HD

    In the 1930s, with the United States mired in the Great Depression and teetering on the brink of a second World War, millions of Americans turned to...

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

    Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually...

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  • 1923
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    Jus' Passin' Through

    Jus' Passin' Through

    5 1923 HD

    At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.

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  • 1927
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    Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

    1 1927 HD

    A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical

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  • 1919
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    Almost a Husband

    Almost a Husband

    1 1919 HD

    A New England schoolteacher arrives in a small Southern town. He becomes the savior of several local people in time of emergency, including a young...

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  • 1919
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    Jubilo

    Jubilo

    5.4 1919 HD

    Jubilo, a hobo, witnesses a robbery, finds work on Judge Hardy’s farm, and foils the vengeful machinations of a sinister villain.

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  • 1924
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    Jubilo, Jr.

    Jubilo, Jr.

    5.8 1924 HD

    A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift...

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  • 1920
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    Water, Water, Everywhere

    Water, Water, Everywhere

    1 1920 HD

    Cowboy Billy Fortune is in love with Hope Beecher, who prefers Billy's friend Ben Morgan, but resists his advances because of his fondness for drink....

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  • 1920
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    Jes' Call Me Jim

    Jes' Call Me Jim

    5.8 1920 HD

    Happy-go-lucky Jim Fenton is in love with Miss Butterworth, the town milliner, who is taking care of little Harry Benedict while his father Paul, an...

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  • 1920
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    Cupid the Cowpuncher

    Cupid the Cowpuncher

    1 1920 HD

    Alec Lloyd, the foreman of the Sewell ranch, is nicknamed "Cupid" because of his propensity for matchmaking. When Macie Sewell returns from boarding...

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  • 1920
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    Honest Hutch

    Honest Hutch

    1 1920 HD

    Ort Hutchins is a confirmed loafer who spends all of his time fishing while his wife toils over the washtub. One day, while digging for worms, Hutch...

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  • 1921
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    Guile of Women

    Guile of Women

    1 1921 HD

    A naive young Swede is repeatedly victimized by predatory women. When finally he meets a young woman who seems sincere and true, he wonders if he can...

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  • 1921
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    Boys Will Be Boys

    Boys Will Be Boys

    1 1921 HD

    Peep O'Day, an orphan in a small Kentucky town, falls heir to a small fortune and begins to make up for all the lost pleasure of childhood, but...

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  • 1976
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    The Biggest Little Star of the 30's

    The Biggest Little Star of the 30's

    1 1976 HD

    A compilation of Shirley Temple newsreel appearances from the 1930's.

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  • 1921
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    Doubling for Romeo

    Doubling for Romeo

    1 1921 HD

    Slim Cody works in the movie industry, doubling for the performers. He has a dream in which he portrays Romeo in a movie version of "Romeo and...

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  • 1918
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    Laughing Bill Hyde

    Laughing Bill Hyde

    1 1918 HD

    Convict Bill Hyde and his friend, Danny Dorgan, break out of prison, but in running from the guards, Danny is mortally wounded. The local doctor,...

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  • 1932
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    Too Busy to Work

    Too Busy to Work

    4 1932 HD

    A hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...

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  • 1927
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    Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers

    Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1993
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    Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

    Shirley Temple: America's Little Darling

    1 1993 HD

    There never was a star quite like her. Adored by adults and children alike, at four she already led at the box office — ahead of Gable and...

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  • 1935
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    In Old Kentucky

    In Old Kentucky

    1 1935 HD

    Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather...

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  • 1924
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    The Cowboy Sheik

    The Cowboy Sheik

    5 1924 HD

    A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.

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  • 1990
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    Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

    Babe Ruth: The Man, the Myth, the Legend

    1 1990 HD

    Mel Allen hosts this look at Babe Ruth's life and career, focusing primarily on Ruth's years with the New York Yankees.

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  • 1930
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    Lightnin'

    Lightnin'

    3.7 1930 HD

    Lightnin' and Mary Jones are co-owners of a hotel built right on a state border, used by divorcing wives so they can pretend to be in California...

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  • 1924
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    Going to Congress

    Going to Congress

    5 1924 HD

    Will Rogers plays a lazy man who is chosen by a group of men to run for Congress.

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  • 1924
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    A Truthful Liar

    A Truthful Liar

    1 1924 HD

    Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle returns to his small town, fielding questions about Washington politics and his adventures. He regales them with stories...

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  • 1923
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    Uncensored Movies

    Uncensored Movies

    7.5 1923 HD

    A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.

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  • 1930
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    So This Is London

    So This Is London

    7 1930 HD

    Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man with a profound distaste for everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When...

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  • 1934
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    Handy Andy

    Handy Andy

    1 1934 HD

    A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty...

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  • 1935
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    The County Chairman

    The County Chairman

    5 1935 HD

    Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role....

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  • 1927
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    Exploring England with Will Rogers

    Exploring England with Will Rogers

    1 1927 HD

    Will Rogers, America's unofficial ambassador abroad, invites us to rural England. He starts at Windsor Castle, and we see the boys at Eton in their...

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  • 1931
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    Young as You Feel

    Young as You Feel

    1 1931 HD

    Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor...

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  • 1940
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    If I Forget You

    If I Forget You

    5.3 1940 HD

    Judy Garland sings the title song, a tribute to Will Rogers.

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

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  • 1923
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    Hustlin' Hank

    Hustlin' Hank

    1 1923 HD

    Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed...

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  • 1924
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    The Cake Eater

    The Cake Eater

    5 1924 HD

    A young cowboy takes a job at a ranch owned by two aging spinsters, unaware that both are completely in love with him.

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  • 1957
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    The Golden Age of Comedy

    The Golden Age of Comedy

    6.909 1957 HD

    A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

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  • 1921
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    A Poor Relation

    A Poor Relation

    1 1921 HD

    Slaving to perfect an invention, Noah Vale tries to keep two orphans--Rip and Patch--and himself by peddling books and is helped by Scallops, a girl...

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  • 1922
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    The Headless Horseman

    The Headless Horseman

    4.9 1922 HD

    The village of Sleepy Hollow is getting ready to greet the new schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, who is coming from New York. Crane has already heard of...

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  • 1921
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    An Unwilling Hero

    An Unwilling Hero

    1 1921 HD

    As a man travels down to New Orleans for the winter, he finds out a robbery will be taken place on Christmas night in a plantation. he helps a girl...

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  • 1927
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    With Will Rogers in Dublin

    With Will Rogers in Dublin

    1 1927 HD

    In this silent short film, the first in a series of travelesques entitled "Abroad with Will Rogers" featuring European locales, Rogers takes the...

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  • 1922
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    One Glorious Day

    One Glorious Day

    1 1922 HD

    Ek is a disembodied spirit, required to wait his turn in the boring cosmos until he is allowed to inhabit an earthly body. Impatient, he sneaks off...

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  • 1920
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    The Strange Boarder

    The Strange Boarder

    1 1920 HD

    Honest Arizona rancher Sam Gardner, goes with his motherless son Billy to the city, where he is cheated out of ten thousand dollars by a band of...

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  • 1922
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    The Ropin' Fool

    The Ropin' Fool

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1922
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    The Ropin' Fool

    The Ropin' Fool

    6 1922 HD

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  • 1924
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    Two Wagons Both Covered

    Two Wagons Both Covered

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1921
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    Doubling for Romeo

    Doubling for Romeo

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1927
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    A Texas Steer

    A Texas Steer

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1934
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    Stand Up and Cheer!

    Stand Up and Cheer!

    4.8 1934 HD

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