The County Chairman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor.[1][2][3] It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the 1903 play of the same name by George Ade which had previously been adapted into a 1914 silent film The County Chairman.
Plot
A political party boss in Wyoming must decide to either do what's right and lose the election or do what's wrong and win it.
Cast
- Will Rogers as Jim Hackler
- Evelyn Venable as Lucy Rigby
- Kent Taylor as Ben Harvey
- Louise Dresser as Mrs. Rigby
- Mickey Rooney as Freckers
- Berton Churchill as Elias Rigby
- Frank Melton as Hy Cleaver
- Robert McWade as Tom Craden
- Russell Simpson as Vance Jimmison
- William V. Mong as Uncle Eck
- Jan Duggan as Abigail
- Gay Seabrook as Lorna Craden
- Charles Middleton as Riley Cleaver
- Erville Alderson as Wilson Prewitt
- Stepin Fetchit as Sass
- Carmencita Johnson as Schoolgirl
- Marcia Mae Jones as Schoolgirl
- Francis Ford as Cattle Rancher
Production
The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.[4]
References
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Amctv.com
- ^ TV Guide
- ^ Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 13. ISBN 9780692064726.
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