The County Chairman (1935 film)
1935 film by John G. Blystone
- January 11, 1935 (1935-01-11)
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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
External links
- The County Chairman at IMDb
- The County Chairman at AllMovie
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Films directed by John G. Blystone
- A Friendly Husband (1923)
- Soft Boiled (1923)
- Our Hospitality (1923)
- Ladies to Board (1924)
- The Last Man on Earth (1924)
- Oh, You Tony! (1924)
- Teeth (1924)
- The Everlasting Whisper (1925)
- The Lucky Horseshoe (1925)
- Dick Turpin (1925)
- The Best Bad Man (1925)
- My Own Pal (1926)
- The Family Upstairs (1926)
- Hard Boiled (1926)
- Wings of the Storm (1926)
- Ankles Preferred (1927)
- Slaves of Beauty (1927)
- Pajamas (1927)
- Sharp Shooters (1928)
- Mother Knows Best (1928)
- Captain Lash (1929)
- The Sky Hawk (1929)
- Thru Different Eyes (1929)
- The Big Party (1930)
- So This Is London (1930)
- Tol'able David (1930)
- Men on Call (1931)
- Mr. Lemon of Orange (1931)
- Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
- Amateur Daddy (1932)
- Too Busy to Work (1932)
- The Painted Woman (1932)
- Hot Pepper (1933)
- My Lips Betray (1933)
- Shanghai Madness (1933)
- Coming Out Party (1934)
- Change of Heart (1934)
- Hell in the Heavens (1934)
- Bad Boy (1935)
- The County Chairman (1935)
- Gentle Julia (1936)
- The Magnificent Brute (1936)
- Little Miss Nobody (1936)
- Great Guy (1936)
- Music for Madame (1937)
- Swiss Miss (1938)
- Block-Heads (1938)
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