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1. The Ropin' Fool (1922)
19 min | Comedy, Western, Short
Will Rogers repeats for the camera his famous roping tricks from the Ziegfeld Follies. With a white-painted rope to show up against his black horse Dopey, Rogers demonstrates running ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, John Ince, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
Votes: 88
2. Jus' Passin' Through (1923)
27 min | Comedy, Short
Jubilo is a hobo whose whole time is taken up in dodging work and trying to get a square meal.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Noah Young, Earl Mohan
Votes: 43
3. Hustlin' Hank (1923)
Comedy, Short
Will is seen as a farm hand who is so lazy that any sort of work makes him sick. A "naturalist" offers him a job photographing "wild beasts" in their native haunts and the rest of the ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Pembroke | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Billy Engle, Eddie Baker
Votes: 11
4. Uncensored Movies (1923)
Short, Comedy
A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.
Director: Roy Clements | Stars: Will Rogers, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Marie Mosquini, Earl Mohan
Votes: 26
5. Doubling for Romeo (1921)
60 min | Comedy
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 Juliet, " and arranges for someone to double for him when the fight scenes get scary.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Sylvia Breamer, Raymond Hatton, Sidney Ainsworth
Votes: 28
6. Don't Park There (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Will takes the horse drawn wagon into town to get some liniment. He discovers the horse and buggy days are over and is introduced into the wonders of the automobile.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Will Rogers, Jack Gavin, William Gillespie, Charles Lloyd
Votes: 31
7. Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
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 circus.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jackie Condon, Mickey Daniels, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 64
8. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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 hanged for murder.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 1,340
9. Going to Congress (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Alfalfa Doolittle has never done much but sit around the stove at the country store and tell all comers his ideas on how the country should be run. He is finally elected to run for Congress.
Director: Rob Wagner | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Molly Thompson, Jack Ackroyd
Votes: 24
10. Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy
In small-town America the easy-going publisher of the local paper finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Will Rogers, Richard Cromwell, George Barbier, Rochelle Hudson
Votes: 192
11. With Will Rogers in Dublin (1927)
11 min | Short
In this silent short film, the first in a series of travelesques entitled "Abroad with Will Rogers" featuring European locales, Rogers takes the viewer on a tour of Dublin, Ireland.
Director: Carl Stearns Clancy | Stars: Will Rogers, William Cosgrave
Votes: 30
12. The Cowboy Sheik (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.
Director: J.A. Howe | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Earl Mohan, Helen Gilmore
Votes: 20
13. State Fair (1933)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An Iowa family finds adventure, love, and heartbreak when they spend a week at the state fair.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, Lew Ayres, Sally Eilers
Votes: 1,068
14. Hollywood (1923)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves Grandma, an aunt, her brother, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Hope Drown, Luke Cosgrave, George K. Arthur, Ruby Lafayette
Votes: 91 | Gross: $0.31M
15. So This Is London (1930)
92 min | Comedy, Romance
Hiram Draper is an all-American self-made man who profoundly dislikes everything British. Yet he must travel to London with his family. When Junior falls in love with an aristocratic girl, ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Frank Albertson, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 33
16. Young as You Feel (1931)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Will Rogers, Fifi D'Orsay, Lucien Littlefield, Don Dillaway
Votes: 48
17. A Truthful Liar (1924)
Comedy, Short
Ambassador Alfalfa Doolittle returns to his small town, fielding questions about Washington politics and his adventures. He regales them with stories that may be slightly exaggerated.
Director: Hampton Del Ruth | Stars: Will Rogers, Jack Ackroyd, R.O. Pennell, Jack Cooper
Votes: 18
18. David Harum (1934)
Passed | 83 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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 teller who places a winning $4,500 bet on a ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor
Votes: 109
19. Lightnin' (1930)
Passed | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Lightnin' has the young man come to his hotel to find his wife who is seeking a divorce. He talks to the two who obviously are in love but they get in a tiff and the young man says "OK, I ... See full summary »
Director: Henry King | Stars: Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Helen Cohan
Votes: 60
20. Doctor Bull (1933)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Vera Allen, Howard Lally
Votes: 740
21. Too Busy to Work (1932)
76 min | Drama
A depression-era tramp named Jubilo goes looking for the wife that left him. While on his journey, he meets an assortment of characters.
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Marian Nixon, Dick Powell, Frederick Burton
Votes: 134
22. One Glorious Day (1922)
50 min | Comedy
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 to earth to find a body and, after ... See full summary »
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Will Rogers, Lila Lee, Alan Hale, Johnny Fox
Votes: 15
23. In Old Kentucky (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Drama
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides with young Nancy Martingale and her grandfather Ezra, and the feud is to be resolved by a... See full summary »
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Charles Sellon
Votes: 153
24. Doubting Thomas (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy
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 to retaliate by also going on stage.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Will Rogers, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Sterling Holloway
Votes: 206
25. Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924)
20 min | Comedy, Short
This one starts with Will coming out presumably before a Follies audience and telling them that he has brought back from Hollywood some "big moments" from well known films for their ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Clements | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Charlie Hall, Jack Ackroyd
Votes: 78
26. Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924)
Short, Comedy
This was a satire on a serious wagons west silent movie. Two coveted wagons go west. One goes north, but the action stays with the one that goes south to California. Will Rogers was allowed free reign to showcase his humor.
Directors: Rob Wagner, J.A. Howe | Stars: Will Rogers, Marie Mosquini, Earl Mohan, Charles Lloyd
Votes: 23
27. Honest Hutch (1920)
50 min | Comedy, Western
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 uncovers a box containing $100,000 in ... See full summary »
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Mary Alden, Priscilla Bonner, Tully Marshall
Votes: 26
28. A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A radio salesman finds himself transported back in time to King Arthur's court.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Will Rogers, William Farnum, Frank Albertson, Maureen O'Sullivan
Votes: 440
29. The County Chairman (1935)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Louise Dresser
Votes: 33
30. Mr. Skitch (1933)
70 min | Comedy, Adventure, Romance
The Missouri Skitches (Will Rogers, ZaSu Pitts, Rochelle Hudson) drive to California via Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon.
Director: James Cruze | Stars: Will Rogers, Rochelle Hudson, Zasu Pitts, Florence Desmond
Votes: 126
31. Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers (1927)
11 min | Short
Humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) pitches commercial aviation during a three-day tour of Europe: from Croydon to Amsterdam, then to Berlin, and on to Paris via Switzerland. Rogers talks ... See full summary »
Star: Will Rogers
Votes: 23
32. Judge Priest (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.
Director: John Ford | Stars: Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 2,520
33. Business and Pleasure (1932)
77 min | Comedy
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 becomes embroiled in a feud between two Arab tribes.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Will Rogers, Jetta Goudal, Joel McCrea, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 60
34. Down to Earth (1932)
79 min | Comedy
The Pike Peters family deals with the trappings of wealth. That is, until the depression begins to catch up with them.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Will Rogers, Dorothy Jordan, Irene Rich, Matty Kemp
Votes: 90
35. Our Congressman (1924)
Comedy, Short
A Congressman deals with the efforts of his family to get social recognition.
Director: Rob Wagner | Stars: Will Rogers, Madge Hunt, Beth Darlington, Frank Butler
Votes: 11
36. Jes' Call Me Jim (1920)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Jim Fenton helps rescue a falsely imprisoned inventor and assists him in avenging himself on the man who robbed him of his invention and of his freedom.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Lionel Belmore, Raymond Hatton
Votes: 31
37. Exploring England with Will Rogers (1927)
12 min | Short
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 top hats. He motors past the oak trees of... See full summary »
Director: Carl Stearns Clancy | Star: Will Rogers
Votes: 19
38. Jubilo (1919)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, Western
An easy-going tramp with a love of food and an aversion to work suddenly gets deeply involved in the life of a farmer and his daughter.
Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Will Rogers, Josie Sedgwick, Charles K. French, Willard Louis
Votes: 65
39. The Cake Eater (1924)
Comedy, Short
A young cowboy takes a job at a ranch owned by two aging spinsters, unaware that both are completely in love with him.
Director: J.A. Howe | Stars: Will Rogers, Joe Bordeaux, Billy Engle, Al Forbes
Votes: 31
40. Ambassador Bill (1931)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
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 to be the country's king, to ensure that ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Taylor | Stars: Will Rogers, Marguerite Churchill, Greta Nissen, Tad Alexander
Votes: 179
41. Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (1927)
10 min | Short
Will Rogers visits people and places in Ireland.
Director: Carl Stearns Clancy | Stars: Will Rogers, Cal Tinney, William Cosgrave
Votes: 50
42. They Had to See Paris (1929)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Oklahoma mechanic Pike Peters finds himself part owner of an oil field. His wife Idy, hitherto content, decides that the family must go to Paris to get "culture" and meet "the right kind of... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Owen Davis Jr., Marguerite Churchill
Votes: 202
43. Handy Andy (1934)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
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 young daughter with the nitwit son of ... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Will Rogers, Peggy Wood, Mary Carlisle, Paul Harvey
Votes: 86
44. Tiptoes (1927)
70 min | Comedy, Romance
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Dorothy Gish, Will Rogers, Jack Cardiff, Ivy Ellison
Votes: 22
45. Laughing Bill Hyde (1918)
66 min | Adventure, Comedy
The Atlanta Journal on October 4, 1918, advertised this movie with the following blurb: "Atlanta's last chance to see the best movie to date of the wild, free days of Alaska, when men ... See full synopsis »
Director: Hobart Henley | Stars: Will Rogers, Anna Lehr, Clarence Oliver, Joseph Herbert
Votes: 22
46. Happy Days (1929)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
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 she hears that the showboat is in deep ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Charles E. Evans, Marjorie White, Richard Keene, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 179
47. Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A little girl's (Shirley Temple) toe-tapping musical numbers uplift the nation during the Depression in this charming classic that includes Temple's rendition of "Baby Take a Bow.
Director: Hamilton MacFadden | Stars: Warner Baxter, Madge Evans, James Dunn, Sylvia Froos
Votes: 577
48. The Headless Horseman (1922)
Not Rated | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
The village of Sleepy Hollow is getting ready to greet the new schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, who is coming from New York City. Crane has already heard of the village's legendary ghost, a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward D. Venturini | Stars: Will Rogers, Lois Meredith, Ben Hendricks Jr., Charles E. Graham
Votes: 360
49. A Texas Steer (1927)
80 min | Comedy
Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander is actually a wealthy rancher, but money means little to him. The same can't be said for his social-climbing wife and their man-crazy daughter Bossy. His ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Will Rogers, Louise Fazenda, Sam Hardy, Ann Rork
Votes: 21
50. Screen Snapshots (I) (1932)
Documentary, Short
A bevy of stars appearing at a rodeo.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Hoot Gibson, Ginger Rogers, Mary Pickford, William Powell
Votes: 139