The County Chairman (1935 film)

The County Chairman is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and starring Will Rogers, Evelyn Venable and Kent Taylor. It was produced and distributed by the Fox Film Corporation. It is based on the 1903 play of the same name by George Ade which had previously been adapted into a 1914 silent film The County Chairman.

Plot
A political party boss in Wyoming must decide to either do what's right and lose the election or do what's wrong and win it.

Cast

 * Will Rogers as Jim Hackler
 * Evelyn Venable as Lucy Rigby
 * Kent Taylor as Ben Harvey
 * Louise Dresser as Mrs. Rigby
 * Mickey Rooney as Freckers
 * Berton Churchill as Elias Rigby
 * Frank Melton as Hy Cleaver
 * Robert McWade as Tom Craden
 * Russell Simpson as Vance Jimmison
 * William V. Mong as 	Uncle Eck
 * Jan Duggan as Abigail
 * Gay Seabrook as 	Lorna Craden
 * Charles Middleton as 	Riley Cleaver
 * Erville Alderson as Wilson Prewitt
 * Stepin Fetchit as 	Sass
 * Carmencita Johnson as Schoolgirl
 * Marcia Mae Jones as Schoolgirl
 * Francis Ford as	Cattle Rancher

Production
The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.