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Will Rogers – Key Filmography (Silent Era to 1935)

🎬 Silent‑Era Films (Highlights)

Will Rogers made 48 silent films, but only a portion survive. Key titles include:

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• Water, Water Everywhere (1920)

• Jes’ Call Me Jim (1920)

• Doubling for Romeo (1921)

• One Glorious Day (1922)

• A Poor Relation (1921)

• The Ropin’ Fool (1922) – showcases his rope‑trick artistry

• Two Wagons Both Covered (1924)

🔊 Early Sound Era (Fox Films, 1929–1935)

These are the films that cemented his legacy as America’s cowboy‑philosopher:

1929–1931

• They Had to See Paris (1929)

• So This Is London (1930)

• Lightnin’ (1930)

• A Connecticut Yankee (1931)

1932–1933

• Down to Earth (1932)

• Business and Pleasure (1932)

• Too Busy to Work (1932)

• State Fair (1933) – one of his most famous roles

• Dr. Bull (1933)

1934

• Judge Priest (1934) – a signature performance

• Handy Andy (1934)

• In Old Kentucky (1935 release, filmed 1934)

1935 (Final Films)

• Life Begins at 40 (1935)

• The County Chairman (1935)

• Steamboat ’Round the Bend (1935) – his final film, released after his death