The County Chairman

The County Chairman

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 11, 1935

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.

The County Chairman

80 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 11, 1935

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.

Producers	Fox Film Corporation
Original title	The County Chairman
Directors	John G. Blystone
Writers	George Ade, Gladys Lehman

Cast

Will Rogers

as Jim Hackler

Evelyn Venable

as Lucy Rigby

Kent Taylor

as Ben Harvey

Louise Dresser

as Mrs. Rigby

Mickey Rooney

as Freckles

Berton Churchill

as Elias Rigby