Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1935 · 1h 20m

The County Chairman

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Director
John G. Blystone
Cast
Will Rogers as Jim Hackler Evelyn Venable as Lucy Rigby Kent Taylor as Ben Harvey Louise Dresser as Mrs. Rigby Mickey Rooney as Freckles Berton Churchill as Elias Rigby
Crew
Gladys Lehman — Screenplay George Ade — Writer Edward Butcher — Producer
Synopsis

Based on George Ade's play which, in part, was based on an incident in a 1902 election in Wyoming, with women's-right-to-vote playing a large role. Here, Jim Hackler, local party-boss in a Wyoming county, has to decide to do what's right and lose the election, or what's wrong and win it.

Mood & Themes
wyoming, usahusband wife relationshipelectionfather daughter relationship
Key Collaborators
John G. Blystone Director Gladys Lehman Screenplay George Ade Writer Edward Butcher Producer
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