June movies
Movies show daily at Will Rogers Memorial Museum
It’s travel time, but you don’t have to board a plane to see Paris. One of the Will Rogers movies to be shown this month at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum is “They Had to See Paris,” Will’s movie experience as a Claremore garage operator turned wealthy oil man shows June 11.
Will Rogers starred in 21 20th Century Fox movies, was the hero in 50 silent films and was the top box office star of his time. Many of his movies have reference to his Rogers County and Cherokee heritage.
Will’s movies are shown continuously in the Will Rogers Museum Mini Theater during open hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
In “They Had to See Paris,” produced in 1929, Pike Peters’ (Will) new found wealth sets his wife (Irene Rich) on a plan for a future in Paris and to find a French nobleman as a husband for her daughter. Pike bows to pressure from the wife and daughter, but when it seems he is enjoying his alliance with Claudine (Fifi D’Orsay), a gold-digging French woman, the family decides its time to come home.
The film crew actually shot background material in Claremore.
Miss D’Orsay visited Claremore during a Will Rogers Days celebration and dazzled people with her recollection of working with Will Rogers.
Beat the heat and save traveling time and gas, spend an enjoyable hour or so in the Museum watching the funny antics of Will Rogers.
