No media escaped Will Rogers’ masterful performances.

Beyond the wild west shows and the stage, Will became a pioneer in early silent pictures, starring in fifty.

He produced, directed and starred in the memorable Ropin’ Fool, the 1922 film that captured his skills as a roper, writer and slow-motion cinema innovator.

Sound was added to celluloid in 1929 and introduced Will’s voice to a new media for Fox Film Corporation, later to be known as Twentieth Century-Fox.
In just five years, Will starred in twenty-one acclaimed motion pictures, winning top box office honors in 1934 and becoming Hollywood’s highest-paid actor.

Will worked for top studios, from Goldwyn to Fox, and legendary directors, from Hal Roach to John Ford. In rarefied salute to his stature and reputation, the name Will Rogers always was listed above the title of the movie.