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Steamboat Round the Bend is a 1935 American comedy film directed by John Ford, released by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox Film Corporation, based on the 1933 novel of the same name by author Ben Lucien Burman. It was the final film made by star Will Rogers and was released posthumously, a month after he was killed in an airplane crash on August 15, 1935.
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In 1934, Fox, director John Ford and comedian Will Rogers achieved great success with the comedy *Judge Priest*, set in the 1890s US South. Seeking to replicate this triumph, they turned to another comedy set in the same era, *Steamboat Round the Bend*. Tragically, shortly after production ended, Will Rogers, America's most beloved entertainer, met his demise in a fatal air accident during a tour in Alaska. This dev…More
