Watch Will Rogers: An American Original (2004) Online
- RUNTIME: 1h 30m
Hailed by The New York Times as "America's Aristophanes," Will Rogers was one of this century's most astute and beloved humorists. If as he often remarked, he never met a man he didn't like, it is also true that Rogers never met a man he didn't like to make fun of. Everyone from congressmen and Presidents to Hollywood movie moguls and wealthy industrialists bore the brunt of his gently lacerating wit--and seemed, mostly, to be charmed in the process. So popular did Rogers become--through dozens of films, a daily column that ran for nine years in newspapers across the country, and countless lectures and stage performances--that he was often urged to run for Congress and even the Presidency. Upon receiving a mock appointment as Congressman-at-Large for the whole United States, Rogers protested, "I regret the disgrace that's been thrust upon me here tonight. I've tried to live my whole life so that I would never become a congressman." Read More
Watch Will Rogers: An American Original online. Featuring , Will Rogers: An American Original is classified as Documentary genre movie with an average rating across the web of 0. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was released on 2004. Will Rogers: An American Original was directed by . Read Less
