Story of Will Rogers, The (MOD) (DVD Movie) The Toast of New Orleans grandfather and Spanish-American War veteran

grandfather and Spanish-American War veteran Ulysses Porterfield (Charley Grapewin) takes matters into his own hands to save his family and District Attorney Palmer's court case

Robinson is a revelation of wisdom and compassion as Selma's father

When the yacht of the rich and beautiful Doris Worthington (Lombard) is shipwrecked

and they are determined to again rise to power

Story of Will Rogers, The (MOD) (DVD Movie) The Toast of New Orleans grandfather and Spanish-American War veteranWith Will Rogers Jr. as his dad, Jane Wyman as Betty Rogers and heaps of homespun warmth, there's plenty to like about this biography of the "Poet Lariat" who never met a man he didn't like. From its lead performance to its storyline based on Betty's reminiscences to its fond direction by Michael Curtiz (a polo playing buddy of Rogers), the movie has an authenticity befitting this most authentic of American heroes. Humorist, vaudevillian, film star,