Will Rogers Collection

When Will Rogers died in an airplane crash in 1935, America was devastated. The folksy rider, roper and vaudevillian from Oklahoma was the real New Deal: a mix of Woody Guthrie, Andy Taylor, Mark Twain and Destry. In his movies, Rogers generally stood still and let the filmmakers build the picture around him. He’d shuffle and mumble under his breath like Popeye, often making it up as he went along. Fox’s box set rounds up Rogers’ last four pictures, all released in 1935. In Old Kentucky