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A third important step in the life of Rogers was represented by the film in which he starred in 1918, called "Laughing Bill Hyde" and done after the homonym novel of Rex Beach. The film was an outstanding hit and its popularity made the producer house, Goldwyn Pictures offer him a contract. As a consequence he ended up making twelve movies in just two years. This contributed to immensely increasing his popularity. In the 20s and 30s he was basically everywhere. "Newspaper columns, books, motion pictures, radio appearances, recordings, Bull Durham advertisements -- in what seemed every way imaginable, the image, voice, and words of Will Rogers were being disseminated all over the country."(Yagoda, 216)
Writings such as "Never met a man I didn't like" help us better understand the person and the character that Rogers was. The information about his life and his family, together with familiar quotes contribute to creating a more complex portrait of who Rogers was.
Despite the environment in which he was born and raised, one understands that Will Rogers was not only intelligent, but also ambitious. His life experiences allowed him to develop in a constant manner and this can be seen in his career as a journalist. The complexity of the person is reflected in the multitude...
He was indeed a humorist, which is quality not many people have, but he was always concerned with all the major issues society was confronted with at his time.
The truth is that Rogers deserves to be on the list of the most popular persons in the history of the U.S.A. And this thanks to the merits associated with the level of excellence with which he performed his activities. He was an entertainer, but also a movie performer. He was one of the most prominent journalistic figures of those times, a radio personality and also a social and political writer. His charisma and his personality contributed to making him not only popular, but rather loved by all his audiences. All in all it can be stated that he is one of the most intriguing figure son the list of all time great American figures.
Bibliography:
Rogers, W., Carter, J.C. (1991) Never met a man I didn't like. Harper Paperbacks
"Rogers, the cowboy entertainer" in virginia.edu, Retrieved November 3, 2010 from http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/cowboy/will.html
Bibliography:
Rogers, W., Carter, J.C. (1991) Never met a man I didn't like. Harper Paperbacks
"Rogers, the cowboy entertainer" in virginia.edu, Retrieved November 3, 2010 from http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG00/3on1/cowboy/will.html
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