Book contents
- Citizen Cowboy
- Additional material
- Citizen Cowboy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Plates
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1 The Final Frontier
- 2 The Cherokee Kid
- 3 The Vaudeville Romance
- 4 Follies and Frolics
- 5 The Celluloid Cowboy
- 6 An Age of Publicity
- 7 The American Soul
- 8 Politics is Applesauce
- 9 The Unfunny Business of Trying To Be Funny
- 10 The Private Man
- 11 The Little Fellow and the Great Depression
- 12 Man in Motion
- 13 The Man Talkies Were Invented For
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
4 - Follies and Frolics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 August 2024
- Citizen Cowboy
- Additional material
- Citizen Cowboy
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Plates
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1 The Final Frontier
- 2 The Cherokee Kid
- 3 The Vaudeville Romance
- 4 Follies and Frolics
- 5 The Celluloid Cowboy
- 6 An Age of Publicity
- 7 The American Soul
- 8 Politics is Applesauce
- 9 The Unfunny Business of Trying To Be Funny
- 10 The Private Man
- 11 The Little Fellow and the Great Depression
- 12 Man in Motion
- 13 The Man Talkies Were Invented For
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Summary
Chapter Four treats Rogers’ alliance with Florenz Ziegfeld, whose popular Zeigfeld Follies made him the leading entertainer in early twentieth-century America. When the Oklahoman joined the show, he served as a cowboy counterpoint to the glamorous Ziegfeld Girls and sophisticated urban dancers and comedians. Rogers’ witty observations and droll comments on the events and values of the day, delivered in a drawling voice and homespun manner, delighted city audiences and critics alike. Attired in cowboy clothes and often twirling a rope, his humorous monologues and shrewd observations sharpened his image as a plainspoken man of the people, a national star, and a celebrity.
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- Citizen CowboyWill Rogers and the American People, pp. 79 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024