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The County Chairman

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.

Top Cast

  • Will Rogers

    Will Rogers

    Jim Hackler

  • Evelyn Venable

    Evelyn Venable

    Lucy Rigby

  • Kent Taylor

    Kent Taylor

    Ben Harvey

  • Louise Dresser

    Louise Dresser

    Mrs. Rigby

  • Mickey Rooney

    Mickey Rooney

    Freckles

  • Berton Churchill

    Berton Churchill

    Elias Rigby

Overview

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.

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