WILL ROGERS DAYS 2010

November 4-6, Will Rogers Days, celebrating the 131st birthday of Oklahoma’s favorite son with a birthday party at the Oologah ranch, Pocahontas Indian Women’s Club tribute at Claremore Memorial Museum, Children’s Day at the Museum and Saturday parade down Will Rogers Blvd.
(For information, call 918-341-0719, Julie Luna, events coordinator,
or e-mail jluna@willrogers.com.)
All events are free.
Wednesday, 3 November
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
“Stars of Oklahoma,” Main Theatre, Will Rogers Memorial Museum
• A film montage of motion picture personalities with Oklahoma connections Thursday, 4 November
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Will Rogers Birthday Party, Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch
• Kim Grazier & Oologah-Talala Elementary School Presentation
• Will Rogers Birthday Cake
• Kowboy Kal performs

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Pocahontas Indian Women’s Club Tribute, Will Rogers Memorial Museum
• “Hats off to Will” Celebration
• Fashion Show
• Wreath-laying and Tea
Friday, 5 November
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Children’s Day at the Museum, Will Rogers Memorial Museum
• Main Theatre- Oologah-Talala Elementary School performs Will Rogers Play
• Heritage Gallery, Cherokee Story Teller
• Andy Hogan Rope Demonstrations, SE Patio of Building & Tomb area near entrance
• Sunken Garden, Gene Lloyd singing Oklahoma songs with a partner
• Games and snacks; SW grassy area for teaching and monitoring traditional Oklahoma games
Saturday, 6 November
10:00a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Antique & Classic Car Show, Will Rogers Memorial Museum

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Public Reception for Glorea Robb Morgan and Cleora Robb Galt, Will Rogers Memorial Museum. The Robb sisters appeared with Will Rogers in the Fox film Mr. Skitch in 1933.

4:00 p.m. 
Will Rogers Day Parade


Posted by Rick Mobley

Twins from 1933 Will Rogers' movie to lead Will Rogers' Days parade

Three California sisters with a connection to Will Rogers will be in Claremore for Will Rogers Days. Glorea Robb Morgan and Cleora Robb Galt (right) will be Grand Marshals for the Nov. 6 Will Rogers Days Parade. Their younger sister, Louanne Fay, will accompany them. (Photo Courtesy Ryan Miller, Capture Imaging)

A scene from the Fox Film production...

WILL ROGERS in "MR. SKITCH"

A number of twins were submitted to Will Rogers for parts as two of his children in the 1933 movie “Mr. Skitch.” But he knew right away he wanted the Robb sisters — Glorea and Cleora.

A news release from that time states after several submissions, Will said, “I want little girls that look like little girls.” The search ended with 11- year-old Glorea Jean and Cleora Joan getting the parts.

The 88-year-old twins will be Grand Marshals of the Will Rogers Days Parade Saturday Nov. 6. Their younger sister, Louanne, 78, will accompany them. She played in “The Will Rogers Story,” which starred Will Rogers Jr.

They will be special guest s for “Night at the Museum,” a ticketed event for Friends of Will Rogers on Friday night (“Mr. Skitch” will be playing throughout the evening) and for a public reception Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Will Rogers Memorial Museum. The parade down Will Rogers Boulevard will begin at 4 p.m.

“Mr. Skitch,” a screen comedy, starring Will Rogers with Zasu Pitts, is the story of Mr. Skitch, head of a family of six. He embarks on an automobile tour in hopes of regaining the family fortune lost in a bank failure. He gets a casino job and parlays the first dollar he earns into $3,000 — which his wife promptly loses in an auto camp.

Penniless, he takes his brood and heads for Hollywood where he will become the manager of a movie star impersonator. He finally digs out of his financial difficulties in Hollywood.

The twins were special guests in August when the Will Rogers Ranch Foundation, Pacific Palisades, Calif., hosted events in tribute to Will Rogers on the 75th anniversary of his death in an Alaskan plane crash. They attended a showing of “Mr. Skitch” at the ranch, where Will lived at the time of his death. It coincided also with the opening of the Will Rogers Historical Park Visitors Center and a fund-raising polo event on Aug. 15.

“Mr. Skitch” plays Oct. 6 and Oct. 26, in the Claremore Will Rogers Memorial Mini-Theatre, where a different movie plays every day.

“Mr. Sketch” is available in the Memorial Museum Store as a single or in a four-box set.

For additional information about the Will Rogers Memorial Museum or Birthplace Ranch at Olga, visit the website www.willrogers.com, or call 341-0719.



Posted by Rick Mobley