Life Begins at 40

Will Rogers Collection: Volume 1

Will Rogers is "a thorough delight" (The New York Times) as a small-town newspaper editor in this hilarious comedy. Showcasing Rogers' homespun humor in a series of fictional columns, Life Begins at 40 is a screwball classic that delivers "plenty of laughs" (Variety)!

When Kenesaw H. Clark (Rogers) hires a young ex-con, Lee Austen, to work at his paper, the town's rich banker, Colonel Abercrombie, shuts down Clark's operation. Undaunted, Clark starts a new paper in direct opposition to Abercrombie and recruits the town bum to run against Abercrombie for mayor! But as the election approaches, Clark begins to suspect there's more to Abercrombie's dislike of Austen... and he puts on his best detective hat to get to the bottom of the mystery!