The Story Of Will Rogers (1952) On DVD

Actor:       Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller, James Gleason
Director:  Michael Curtiz
Genre:      Musicals
Year:         1952
Studio:      WB
Length:     109
Released: May 28, 2010
Rating:      Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:     DVD
Misc:         Color
Language:English
Subtitles  :N/A

DESCRIPTION:

With Will Rogers Jr. as his dad, Jane Wyman as Betty Rogers and heaps of homespun warmth, there's plenty to like about this biography of the "Poet Lariat" who never met a man he didn't like. From its lead performance to its storyline based on Betty's reminiscences to its fond direction by Michael Curtiz (a polo-playing buddy of Rogers), the movie has an authenticity befitting this most authentic of American heroes. Humorist, vaudevillian, film star, journalist, aviation buff, champion of the common man and more, Rogers crammed a lot of living into his 56 years. And The Story of Will Rogers, featuring Slim Pickens, Eddie Cantor, James Gleason, Mary Wickes and Jay Silverheels, turns it all into a lot of movie.