Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom (1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Date:
1935
Publisher:
Chicago : The John C. Winston Company
Volume:
Will Rogers: ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 26, 2024
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239872 WILL ROGERS THE CHARACTER and temperament of an age as well as its common sense are reflected in its laughter.,, So says Dr. J. C. Gregory in his treatise on the Sense of Humor. He remarks further: "The way men laugh and the things they laugh at reflect their tastes, thoughts, and sympathies. . . . Society offers its pulse in th3 nature of its laughter." The career of Will Rogers is the finest illustration you could find of these observations. If we hadn't had him during the last ten years, if we hadn't appreciated him and had the sense to laugh with him and at ourselves, we should have been a sad people. He first burgeoned out as the Smiling Prophet of America in the era of the Great Insanity, the period we remember because of the tragic comedy of Teapot Dome, which culminated in the cataclysm of November, 1929. Political magnificos worried and denounced; editors exploded in 12-point type. Rogers poured out a steady stream of sparkling common sense that helped us to maintain some sort of perspective. When the Depression descended upon us in such volume that not even the most ostrich-minded could deny it, the man from Oklahoma stuck out among us as a flashing tower of sanity. And people listened ' (5)