The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue (1993)
2h 24m
Running Time
November 26, 1993Release Date
The Will Rogers Follies: A Life In Revue (1993)
2h 24m
Running Time
November 26, 1993Release Date
Plot.
The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman. It focuses on the life and career of famed humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes every episode in his life in the form of a big production number. The Rogers character also performs rope tricks in between scenes. The revue contains snippets of Rogers' famous homespun style of wisdom and common sense and tries to convey the personality of this quintessentially American figure whose most famous quote was "I never met a man I didn't like."
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Cast & Crew.
Keith Carradine
Will Rogers
Dick Latessa
Clem Rogers
Dee Hoty
Betty Blake
Cady Huffman
Mr. Ziegfeld's Favorite
Roxane Barlow
New Ziegfeld Girl
Gregory Peck
Mr. Ziegfeld (voice)
Bonnie Brackney
The Wild West Show
Walter C. Miller
Director
Vince Bruce
The Roper
Jerry Mitchell
Will Rogers Wrangler/Indian Of The Dawn
Peter Stone
Writer
John Ganun
Will Rogers Wrangler
Noriyasu Ueki
Producer
Troy Britton Johnson
Will Rogers Wrangler
Cy Coleman
Composer
Jason Opsahl
Will Rogers Wrangler
Brent Carpenter
Editor
Tom Brackney
The Wild West Show
Paul Ukena, Jr.
Wiley Post
Maria Calabrese
New Ziegfeld Girl
Rebecca Downing
New Ziegfeld Girl
Colleen Dunn
New Ziegfeld Girl
Toni Georgiana
New Ziegfeld Girl
Eileen Grace
New Ziegfeld Girl
Luba Mason
New Ziegfeld Girl
Dana Jackson
New Ziegfeld Girl
Stephanie Pope
New Ziegfeld Girl
Angie L. Schworer
New Ziegfeld Girl
Carol Denise Smith
New Ziegfeld Girl
Aimee Turner
New Ziegfeld Girl
Jillana Laufer
New Ziegfeld Girl
Wendy Waring
New Ziegfeld Girl
Christina Youngman
New Ziegfeld Girl
Gregory Scott Carter
Freddy Rogers
Rick Faugno
Will Rogers, Jr.
Tammy Minoff
Mary Rogers
Lance Robinson
James Rogers
Tom Flagg
Mr. Ziegfeld's Stage Manager
Adolph Green
Musical / Lyricist
Tony Walton
Set Designer
Julie Hughes
Casting
Barry Moss
Casting
Billy Byers
Orchestrator
Betty Comden
Musical / Lyricist
Alan Adelman
Lighting Design
Tommy Tune
Choreographer / Stage Director
Larry McConkey
Camera Operator
Bob Camitta
Camera Operator
John Burdick
Camera Operator
Charlie Huntley
Camera Operator
Pierre Cossette
Executive Producer
John Cossette
Executive In Charge Of Production
Tamamatsu Kuwata
Executive Producer
Yoshiaka Iba
Associate Producer
Jeff Calhoun
Associate Choreographer
Willa Kim
Costume Design
Christine Clark Bradley
Assistant Director
John B. Field
Technical Supervisor
Ron Washburn
Camera Operator
Ed Greene
Sound
Jules Fisher
Lighting Design
Jake Ostroff
Camera Operator
Bill Goetz
Camera Operator
Don Dudley
Production Supervisor
Wendall K. Harrington
Projection
Peter Fitzgerald
Sound Designer
Howard Leonard
Wig Designer
Eric Stern
Music Director
Amy Storti
Production Manager
Media.
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musical
filmed theater