... grade, Rogers dropped out of school and eventually left home over conflicts with his father before he was twenty. He enjoyed travel, using his cowboy skills and rope twirling to earn a living as he traveled around the country. Rogers eventually signed up for a wild west show where he became enormously popular because of the complexities of his trick roping and riding. After an eight year courtship, Rogers asked Betty Blake to marry him. The couple spent their honeymoon traveling around the country with another wild west show. They were on the road for several years, some of which Rogers was cast in one of the most sophisticated and popular shows in New York, Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic. The Rogers' later moved to California, where they bought a large, non-working ranch. Rogers then began making silent films, using his roping skills and became extremely popular in that medium as well. ...

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