

Acting
Will Rogers' effortless charisma carries every scene he enters.
Production
Authentic 1933 Iowa State Fair footage woven throughout.
Writing
Pre-code dialogue slips in surprising frankness about sex and marriage.

Director
Henry King
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Will Rogers improvised most of his dialogue; the script was merely a suggestion.
This was Rogers' final completed film before his 1935 plane crash, making his warm paternal presence retrospectively heartbreaking.