Will Rogers’ vaudeville rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion, and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes […]
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Pioneer Press 2016
Check out this year’s Pioneer Press and see great things that are happening here at the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation.
Continue readingWill Rogers Humanitarian Award
An award-winning writer from The Indianapolis Star received the 2015 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award at the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
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Plitt Southern Theater Employee Fund Gifts Over $16,000 to the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation History of the fund Since the early 1940s, the Plitt Southern Theaters Employee Fund has generously given over $25 million to theater families for medical expenses and improvements to quality of life. The fund helped employees of Interstate Theatres, […]
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