Will Rogers, Performer
Author | : Richard J. Maturi |
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Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Richard J. Maturi |
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Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Author | : Will Rogers |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 556 |
Release | : 2001-05-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806133157 |
This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as the newlywed life of Will and Betty Blake Rogers and the birth of their children. During these years, the Rogerses moved to New York City, and after many years of performing with Buck McKee and horse Teddy, Rogers began a solo act in vaudeville as a talking, roping cowboy. He appeared on the same playbill with such performers as Fred Stone, Eddie Cantor, and Houdini, and his stage career expanded to include an appearance in the Broadway musical comedy "The Wall Street Girl." Volume Three ends with Rogers's successful transition from vaudeville to Broadway, on the brink of his breakthrough as a star of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Author | : Betty Rogers |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806116006 |
Rogers, Will-- Biography. Cowboy, sage, writer, humorist, philoso-pher, performer, ambassador, and humanitarian, Will Rogers has be-come a part of the American culture.
Author | : P. J. O’Brien |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2019-11-22 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1839740957 |
Will Rogers: Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom, first published in 1935, is an affectionate look at the great humorist, philanthropist, cowboy, newspaper columnist, movie- and vaudeville-star. Rogers, noted for his kindness to all he met, wrote his epitaph: “'I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like.' I am so proud of that, I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved.” Rogers and aviator Wiley Post died in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska, on August 15, 1935. Rogers was 55 at the time of his death. Included are numerous quotes of Will Rogers and 24 pages of photographs.
Author | : Loyd R. Rowland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
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ISBN | : 9781258058746 |
Author | : Ben Yagoda |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 460 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806132389 |
Biography of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers discussing his career and personal life.
Author | : David Randolph Milsten |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 1935 |
Genre | : Entertainers |
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Biography of Will Rogers, an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, and newspaper columnist.
Author | : Will Rogers |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 660 |
Release | : 2005-09-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780806137049 |
In the early years of his performing career, Will Rogers was a vaudeville performer of limited prominence. Around the age of thirty-five, however, this Oklahoma cowboy philosopher shed his role as local stage entertainer and moved toward fame as a Broadway star and nationally beloved humorist. This documentary history, volume four in the definitive five-volume Papers of Will Rogers, reveals Rogers’s personal and professional transformation during what may have been the most productive period of his diverse career. Between 1915 and 1928—the years covered by this volume—Rogers developed his unique monologues of topical humor, sampled the relatively new medium of radio, and pursued a career in silent films. He also tried his voice in sound recordings, witnessed his work as a writer reach millions of readers of daily newspapers, became one of the most sought-after speakers on the dinner circuit, and embarked on a three-year tour of the nation’s lecture halls. In addition to Rogers’s personal correspondence with family members and friends, editors Steven K. Gragert and M. Jane Johansson present more than one hundred letters and telegrams to and from people Rogers touched both inside and outside public life, including prominent figures in politics, show business, literature, industry, government, publishing, and the arts. Much of this material, gleaned from private collections, interviews, manuscripts, and sound recordings, has never before been published.
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Features a biographical sketch of the American humorist William Penn Adair Rogers (1879-1935), presented by Lucid Interactive. Notes that he is remembered for his homespun humor, practical philosophy, and generosity. Contains a photograph of Rogers.
Author | : Donald Day |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Humorists, American |
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