ROPIN’ FOOL (1922) Will Rogers Reel 1

Will Rogers in Ropin’ Fool (1922) Part 1 Rogers plays Ropes Reilly, a cowboy who ropes anything that moves until a lynch mob decides to use Reilly’s rope for a hanging party, with Reilly as the guest of honor. Motion Picture World wrote: “Plentiful use of slow motion photography shows how it is done and dispels any possible belief that the stunts are faked. No audience can help but marvel as Rogers throws a figure eight around a galloping horse, or lassoes a rat with a piece of string, or brings to term a cat melodiously inclined.” Later Rogers would wryly claim fame as America’s “Poet Lariat.” You can buy the full short here: www.willrogers.com Matinee at the Bijou in HD, hosted by Debbie Reynolds, is coming soon. Visit the Bijou blog: matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com