The Ropin' Fool (complete 1922 silent film with Will Rogers)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ก.ย. 2024
- A 1922 silent short film starring (and written by) Will Rogers, in which he shows off many of the rope tricks that made him a vaudeville star with the Ziegfeld Follies from 1916 to 1925.
There is a minimal plot, involving a love interest and a rival, but it is only a device to get as many lariat tricks as possible into the 20-minute movie.
The rope used was painted bright white to show up well against darker backgrounds. In addition, slow motion (at 1/10th speed) is employed to great effect in many sequences, which show dexterity that still looks absolutely amazing today. Very likely, some of these routines have never been surpassed.
There exists a 1992 version with commentary by Will Rogers, Jr. (then 81 years old). That narrated version also includes several minutes of out-takes, which put into perspective the incredible difficulty of several of the routines that Will Rogers demonstrates in the film.
(Incidentally, Will Rogers, Jr., who was about 10 when the original film was shot, made an uncredited appearance in it, doing a very simple lariat maneuver. You can see him at about 9:15 into the film.)
He ROPED A MOUSE! This video deserved more comments.
Great movie, dam what a fantastic roper he was.
A wonderful movie. Thanks you TH-cam variable playback speed, i was ble to slow some parts down that had been speeded up for dramatic effect, like the dog catch and Irene Rich's horse mount, ride and dismount. No dount about it, there has never been a roper like Will Rogers.
I saw this video in Lawrence,Ks and it was amazing. Bought a rope and tried to react him. But the video I watch had this music that came along with it. Still looking for that video til this day.
Gotta love the fourth wall break.
An all time favorite movie by an amazing man! Will Rogers in Ropin' Fool (1922) Rogers plays Ropes Reilly, a cowboy who ropes anything that moves.
Motion Picture World wrote: "Plentiful use of slow motion photography shows how it is done and Dispels any possible belief that the stunts are faked.
My grandchildren all ride and rope and I made sure they know about their great grandfathers hero... Will Rogers
A man well ahead of his time, practicing the skills of an earlier one. Rogers made several films; this one for Pathe' and a number for Fox. We could his sense of humor and common sense today.
I saw this years ago at the Roger's ranch in California. Thanks for posting. What an amazing talent.
I love will rogers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
DAMN STRAIGHT!!!
Amazing!
in world of today he would be denouced by the party he loved..sad, of So sad
Well, looks like he DID drag that man to his death after all. Died of drug, he did.
How did they get the copyright date so wrong? That says 1821...well, almost. 1821 is MDCCCXXI and 1921 would be MCMXXI...any takers on that?
You read it wrong. It say MDCCCCXXI - which is correct, 1921.
I wish we could sub tittle the sheet music
What about pre-recorded narration?