Hollywood’s highest-paid actor of the 1930s, Will Rogers got his start in vaudeville before venturing into film. He would go on to make 50 silent films, 21 “talkies” and over 4,000 syndicated newspaper columns. A citizen of the Cherokee Nation, the comedian was famous for his folksy style that allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, politicians, and the controversial issues of his day without offending the audience. His most well-known aphorism was, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
An equestrian estate built for the Golden Age star has just sold for $14.044 million. Close to the beach that bears his name, the stunning compound boasts 3.3 acres and five separate structures: the main house, a staff house, a pool house, stables that housed Will’s horses and have now been converted into a gym, and a brand-new guest house. Michelle Pfeiffer, one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actresses of the 1990s who, like Rogers, has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, owned the estate in the 1980s. The most recent owners expanded the home and reimaged the look with the help of famed interior designer Michael S. Smith, who did the 2010 remodel of Barak Obama’s Oval Office.
