The County Chairman
1935 · 80 min · ★ 6.0 · Comedy, Drama
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.
Directed by John G. Blystone · Written by George Ade
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Will Rogers Jim Hackler -
Evelyn Venable Lucy Rigby -
Kent Taylor Ben Harvey -
Louise Dresser Mrs. Rigby -
Mickey Rooney Freckles -
Berton Churchill Elias Rigby
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