Will Rogers

**William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers** (4 Kasım 1879 - 15 Ağustos 1935) Amerikalı vodvil sanatçısı, mizahçı, sosyal yorumcu ve sinema oyuncusu. 1920'lerde ve 1930'larda dünyanın en bilinen ünlülerinden birisiydi.

## Hayatı
"Oklahoma'nın Favori Oğlu" olarak bilinir. Rogers, şimdi Oklahoma'nın parçası olan Indian Territory'de Cherokee Milleti'nden bir ailenin oğlu olarak doğdu. Dünya'yı üç kez seyahat eden Rogers, 71 film (50 sessiz film ve 21 "talkie") yaptı, gazetelerde 4.000'den fazla sütun yazdı ve dünyaca ünlü bir figür haline geldi.

Rogers kendi küçük uçağının Alaska'ya düşmesi sonucu 1935 yılında öldü.

## Filmografisi

### Sessiz film

* *Laughing Bill Hyde* (1918)
* *Almost A Husband* (1919)
* *Jubilo* (1919)
* *Water, Water Everywhere* (1919)
* *The Strange Boarder* (1920)
* *Jes' Call Me Jim* (1920)
* *Cupid The Cowpuncher* (1920)
* *Honest Hutch* (1920)
* *Guile Of Women* (1920)
* *Boys Will Be Boys* (1921)
* *An Unwilling Hero* (1921)
* *Doubling For Romeo* (1921)
* *A Poor Relation* (1921)
* *The Illiterate Digest* (1920)
* *One Glorious Day* (1922)
* *The Headless Horseman* (1922)
* *The Ropin' Fool* (1922)
* *Fruits Of Faith* (1922)

* *One Day in 365* (1922) (unreleased)
* *[[Hollywood (1923 film)|Hollywood]]* (1923) cameo
* *Hustling Hank* (1923)
* *Two Wagons Both Covered* (1923)
* *Jus' Passin' Through* (1923)
* *Uncensored Movies* (1923)
* *The Cake Eater* (1924)
* *The Cowboy Sheik* (1924)
* *Big Moments From Little Pictures* (1924)
* *High Brow Stuff* (1924)
* *Going to Congress* (1924)
* *Don't Park There*(1924)
* *[[Jubilo, Jr.]]* (1924) (part of the *[[Our Gang]]* series)
* *Our Congressman* (1924)
* *A Truthful Liar* (1924)
* *Gee Whiz Genevieve* (1924)
* *[[Tip Toes (1927 film)|Tip Toes]]* (1927)
* *A Texas Steer* (1927)

**Travelog Series**
* *In Dublin* (1927)
* *In Paris* (1927)
* *Hiking Through Holland* (1927)
* *Roaming The Emerald Isle* (1927)
* *Through Switzerland And Bavaria* (1927)
* *In London* (1927)
* *Hunting For Germans In Berlin* (1927)
* *Prowling Around France* (1927)
* *Winging Round Europe* (1927)
* *Exploring England* (1927)
* *Reeling Down The Rhine* (1927)
* *Over The Bounding Blue* (1928)

### Sesli film

* *[[They Had To See Paris]]* (1929)
* *[[Happy Days (1929 film)|Happy Days]]* (1929)
* *[[So This Is London (1930 film)|So This Is London]]* (1930)
* *Lightnin* (1930)
* *Young As You Feel* (1930)
* *Ambassador Bill* (1930)
* *[[A Connecticut Yankee (film)|A Connecticut Yankee]]* (1931)

* *Down To Earth* (1932)
* *Too Busy To Work* (1932)
* *[[Business and Pleasure]]* (1932)
* *[[State Fair (film, 1933)|State Fair]]* (1933)
* *[[Doctor Bull]]* (1933)
* *Mr. Skitch* (1933)
* *David Harum* (1934)

* *[[Handy Andy (film)|Handy Andy]]* (1934)
* *[[Judge Priest]]* (1934)
* *The County Chairman* (1935)
* *[[Life Begins at Forty (1935 film)|Life Begins At Forty]]* (1935)
* *Doubting Thomas* (1935)
* *[[Steamboat Round the Bend]]* (1935)
* *In Old Kentucky* (1935)

## Referanslar ve ek okumalar

### Biyografileri
* Anderson, Gary Clayton *Will Rogers and "His" America* (2010).
* Ketchum, Richard M. *Will Rogers: His Life and Times* (1973)
* O'Brien, P. J. *Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will Prince of Wit and Wisdom.* (1935) online edition 
* Robinson, Ray. *American Original: A Life of Will Rogers.* (1996). 288 pp. online edition 
* Rollins, Peter C. *Will Rogers: A Bio-Bibliography.* Greenwood, 1984. 282 pp.
* Sterling, Bryan B., and Frances N. Sterling, *Will Rogers' World* (1989),
* Yagoda, Ben. *Will Rogers: A Biography* (1993) excerpt and text search 

### Bilimsel çalışmaları
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* Coleman, Timothy S. "All We Know of Nation Is What We See in the Pictures: Will Rogers and the National Imaginary in 1920s and 1930s America." PhD dissertation, Wayne State U. 2003. 183 pp. DAI 2004 64(12): 4245-A. DA3116488 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
* Jenkins, Ronald Scott. "Representative Clowns: Comedy and Democracy in America." PhD dissertation Harvard U. 1984. 208 pp. DAI 1984 45(4): 1187-A. DA8416931 Fulltext: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
* Johnson, Bobby H. and R. Stanley Mohler. "Wiley Post, His Winnie Mae, and the World's First Pressure Suit."  Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1971.
* Roach, Fred, Jr. "Will Rogers' Youthful Relationship with His Father, Clem Rogers: a Story of Love and Tension." *Chronicles of Oklahoma* 1980 58(3): 325-342. Issn: 0009-6024
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* Rollins, Peter C. "Will Rogers: Symbolic Man, Journalist, and Film Image." Journal of Popular Culture 1976 9(4): 851-877.
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* Rogers, Will. *Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to His President* (1926) online edition 
* Rogers, Will, and Joseph H. Carter. *Never Met a Man I Didn't Like* (1991) excerpt and text search 
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies.* ed. by Arthur Frank Wertheim, (1992). 288 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers' Weekly Articles. Vol. 1, The Harding/Coolidge Years, 1922-1925.* ed. by James M. Smallwood, (1980). 431 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers' Weekly Articles. Vol. 2: The Coolidge Years, 1925-1927.* ed. by Steven K. Gragert, (1980). 368 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers' Weekly Articles. Vol. 3: The Coolidge Years, 1927-1929.* ed. by Steven K. Gragert, (1981). 304 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers' Weekly Articles. Vol. 4: The Hoover Years, 1929-1931.* ed. by Steven K. Gragert, (1981). 278 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers's Daily Telegrams. Vol. l, The Coolidge Years, 1926-1929.* ed. by James M. Smallwood, 1978. 453 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams. Vol. 4, The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935.* ed. by James M. Smallwood, (1979). 457 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *Convention Articles of Will Rogers.* ed. by Joseph A. Stout, 1976. 174 pp.
* Rogers, Will. *The Writings of Will Rogers. Volume 3: Illiterate Digest.* ed. by Joseph A. Stout, Jr., 1974. 230 pp. online edition 
* Rogers, Will. *Autobiography* (1948), ed. by Donald Day; 410pp; online edition 
* Rogers, Will. *Rogers-isms: the Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference*, (1919). Online at Project Gutenberg 
* Sterling, Bryan B., and Frances N. Sterling, eds. *Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (And Writers, Politicians Comedians, Browsers)* (1995).
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## Kaynakça

## Kaynakça
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* "Claim Will Rogers Is Free To Insult Race Under Agreement." Kansas City (MO) Plaindealer, February 2, 1934, p.&nbsp;2.
* "Protest Will Rogers' Radio Speech." Pittsburgh Courier, January 27, 1934, p.&nbsp;1.
* Sterling, Bryan B., and Frances N. Sterling, eds. *Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (And Writers, Politicians Comedians, Browsers).* (1995).
* "Will Rogers Hurls Back A Second Insult." Baltimore Afro-American, February 3, 1934, p.&nbsp;1.
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## Dış bağlantılar

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*The Official Site of Will Rogers
*Will Rogers Birthplace 
*Will Rogers Museums
*Will Rogers State Historic Park 
*Will Rogers Polo Club
*Will Rogers World Airport
*Will Rogers in 3 excerpts from 1935 broadcasts
*Will Rogers Institute 
*The Tulsa World's Will Rogers site
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*''Booknotes'' interview with Ben Yagoda on ''Will Rogers: A Biography'', September 25, 1994.
*Will Rogers  at C-SPAN's *[[American Writers: A Journey Through History]]*
*Voices of Oklahoma interview with Doris "Coke" Meyer, grand-niece to Will Rogers.  Voices of Oklahoma oral history project.