Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer ...

Strict adherence to the Rogers formulagives The Arkansas Traveler ... became an itinerant laborer, vaudeville comedian and hobo until he joined the Marines in 1917. Most noteworthy achievement ...

Entertainer Will Rogers never had an official capacity in government, though he was named honorary major of Beverly Hills for two days in 1926. Still, the legendary vaudeville actor and humorist ...

That's because many of those movie houses were old vaudeville theaters ... 5) New restaurant opens in shuttered Roy Rogers The return of Roy Rogers to the Cincinnati region was met with much ...

A hospital created for Vaudevillians stricken with tuberculosis, the National Vaudeville Association Hospital was renamed the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in 1936, as a tribute to Will Rogers. The ...

But, long before Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire had another dancing ... for the stage and began touring run-down theatres on the vaudeville circuit. It wasn’t glamorous and the children worked ...

A group of musicians and actors orchestrated a new way to raise funds for the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center using a vaudeville format ... at the Spooktacular – to celebrate Halloween, Adrian Rogers, ...

The orb is said to be the spirit of a high-flying acrobat who fell to his death while performing a vaudeville act during the theatre ... This location was where Charles and Leah Rogers made their ...

Oklahoma commemorates its 'Favorite Son,' Will Rogers, with a four-day celebration including a movie festival, 5K run, parade ...