Steamboat Round The Bend (1935)

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Two of America's most distinguished humorists, Oklahoma's Will Rogers and Kentucky's Irvin S. Cobb, costar in Steamboat Round the Bend. Cobb isn't much of an actor, so it is Rogers who carries the comic weight of this fast-paced slice of Americana. Will uncharacteristically sticks to the script for… More Two of America's most distinguished humorists, Oklahoma's Will Rogers and Kentucky's Irvin S. Cobb, costar in Steamboat Round the Bend. Cobb isn't much of an actor, so it is Rogers who carries the comic weight of this fast-paced slice of Americana. Will uncharacteristically sticks to the script for most of the proceedings as the proprietor of a combination travelling waxworks and medicine show. The plot resolution hinges on a climactic steamboat race, in which Rogers' paddlewheeler is fed bit by bit into its own furnace when the fuel supply runs out. Steamboat Round the Bend was released posthumously after Rogers' sudden death, at which point Fox Studios tried unsuccessfully to create a "new" Will Rogers--in the form of his old friend and costar Irvin S. Cobb. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: G, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: John Ford
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 6, 1935 Wide
On DVD: Feb 14, 2006

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Cast

            Will Rogers as Dr. John Pearly

            Anne Shirley as Fleety Belle

            Irvin S. Cobb as Capt. Eli

            Eugene Pallette as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers

            John McGuire as Duke

            Berton Churchill as The New Moses

            Francis Ford as Efe

            Roger Imhof as Pappy

            Raymond Hatton as Matt Abel

            Stepin Fetchit as George Lincoln Washington

            C.E. Anderson as Jailer

            Sam Baker
            
            William Benedict as Breck

            Hobart Bosworth as Chaplain

            Hobart Cavanaugh as A Listener

            Charles "Heinie" Conklin as Tattoo Artist

            D'Arcy Corrigan as Hangman

            Luke Cosgrave as Labor Boss

            Grace Goodall as Sheriff's Wife

            Ben Hall as Fleety Belle's Brother

            Dell Henderson as Salesman

            Robert E. Homans as Race Official

            Si Jenks as Drunk Farmer

            Fred Kohler Jr. as Popkins Fleety Belle's Suitor

            Louis Mason as Boat Race Organizer

            Charles B. Middleton as Fleety Belle's Father

            Ferdinand Munier as Governor

            Vester Pegg
            
            James Marcus as Warden

            Jack Pennick as Ringleader of Boat Attack

            Lois Verner as Addie May

            John Lester Johnson as Uncle Jeff

            Pardner Jones as New Elijah

            John Tyke
            
            Wingate Smith
            
            John Wallace
            
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