The County Chairman

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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