Going To Congress; Don’t Park There

1474. GOING TO CONGRESS AND DON’T PARK THERE (1924-USA) WILL ROGERS, LEGENDARY ROPE TWIRLER, RUSTIC WIT, DOWN HOME PHILOSOPHER AND ZIEGFELD FOLLIES STAR, WAS IN HIS TIME ONE Of THE MOST POPULAR AND BELOVED OBSERVERS Of THE AMERICAN SOCIAL SCENE. HE APPEARED IN SEVERAL DOZEN FILMS BETWEEN 1918 AND HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1935. IN THEM, HE POINTEDLY EXPRESSED THE WISDOM Of THE COMMON MAN WHILE TICKLING THE NATION’S FUNNY BONE. HERE ARE A PAIR Of TYPICALLY CHARMING AND COMIC ROGERS TWO-REELERS.
1. GOING TO CONGRESS (1924-USA). WITH WILL ROGERS. ROGERS CHIDES AMERICAN POLITICS IN THIS NIFTY SATIRE, ONE Of SEVERAL ON THE SUBJECT THAT HE MADE IN 1923 AND 1924. HE’S IDEALLY CAST AS ALFALFA DOOLITTLE, A GOLDBRICK WHO FINDS HIMSELF DRAFTED TO RUN FOR CONGRESS IN AN EVER-FAMILIAR LANDSCAPE LITTERED WITH POMPOUS, CIGAR-SMOKING BACK-ROOM BOYS AND GOVERNMENT SCANDALS.
2. DONÕT PARK THERE! (1924-USA). WITH WILL ROGERS. WILL IS CAST AS JUBILO, A COMICALLY INEPT RANCH HAND WHO, LIKE ALFALFA DOOLITTLE, NEVER DODGES HARD WORK AS LONG AS IT’S JUST AS EASY TO LOAF. JUBILO, WHOSE LACK Of SOPHISTICATION MAY ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS MIND-BOGGLING, SETS OfF ON A JOURNEY TO THE BIG CITY TO PROCURE SOME HORSE LINAMENT. HE’S ORDERED NOT TO RETURN WITHOUT IT-AND CAN ONLY CAUSE CHAOS IN HIS EFFORT TO FOLLOW ORDERS. A FILM FOR ANYONE WHO’S EVER LOOKED FOR A PARKING SPACE IN VAIN! “SILENT” FILMS WITH ORIGINAL ORGAN SCORE, CORRECT PROJECTION SPEED. 57 MINUTES TOTAL. ÒSILENT COMEDIESÓ