The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway

The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway
ISBN-10
0806133155
ISBN-13
9780806133157
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
544
Language
English
Published
2001-05-01
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Authors
Will Rogers, Steven K. Gragert, M. Jane Johansson

Description

This third volume of The Papers of Will Rogers documents the evolution of Rogers's vaudeville career as well as the newlywed life of Will and Betty Blake Rogers and the birth of their children. During these years, the Rogerses moved to New York City, and after many years of performing with Buck McKee and horse Teddy, Rogers began a solo act in vaudeville as a talking, roping cowboy. He appeared on the same playbill with such performers as Fred Stone, Eddie Cantor, and Houdini, and his stage career expanded to include an appearance in the Broadway musical comedy "The Wall Street Girl." Volume Three ends with Rogers's successful transition from vaudeville to Broadway, on the brink of his breakthrough as a star of the Ziegfeld Follies.

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