The old fashioned way [videorecording] / a Paramount picture ; Adolph Zukor presents ; screen play by Garnett Weston and Jack Cunningham ; produced by William Le Baron ; directed by William Beaudine.
W.C. Fields, Jan Duggan, Joe Morrison, Baby LeRoy, Judith Allen, Tammany Young, Nora Cecil, Jack Mulhall. Originally released as a motion picture in 1934. Includes theatrical trailer.
Summary:
The Great McGonigle's traveling theatrical troupe are staying at a boarding house. They are preparing to put on a production of "The Drunkard" (and do so during this movie). Cleopatra Pepperday puts up money for the show provided she can have a part ("Here comes the prince!"). Little Albert Wendelschaffer torments McGonigle all through lunch ("How can you hurt a watch by dipping it in molasses?"). In spite of being pursued by several sheriffs, McGonigle is able to keep going and see his daughter Betty happily married. W.C. Fields plays a charlatan who attempts to persuade an entire town that his daughter is actually heiress to an unclaimed fortune.
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