The Story of Will Rogers (MOD) "ARACASHIP" young Frankie (Gene Reynolds) attends

young Frankie (Gene Reynolds) attends a concert by Jascha Heifetz that turns his life around

When he moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend (Chuck McCann)

Powerful film received an Oscar-nomination for Original Story

Margaret O'Brien sings

Against the clatter and whirl of a beachside carnival comes the tale of the Delano family

The Story of Will Rogers (MOD) "ARACASHIP" young Frankie (Gene Reynolds) attendsWith Will Rogers Jr. as his dad, Jane Wyman as Betty Rogers and heaps of homespun warmth, there's plenty to like about this biography of the "Poet Lariat" who never met a man he didn't like. From its lead performance to its storyline based on Betty's reminiscences to its fond direction by Michael Curtiz (a polo playing buddy of Rogers), the movie has an authenticity befitting this most authentic of American heroes. Humorist, vaudevillian, film star,