It's a Gift (1934)
November 30, 1934Release Date
It's a Gift (1934)
November 30, 1934Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

W.C. Fields
Harold Bissonette / Story

Kathleen Howard
Amelia Bissonette

Jean Rouverol
Mildred Bissonette

Julian Madison
John Durston

Tommy Bupp
Norman Bissonette

Baby LeRoy
Baby Dunk

Tammany Young
Everett Ricks

Morgan Wallace
James Fitchmueller

Charles Sellon
Mr. Muckle

Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Dunk

T. Roy Barnes
Insurance Salesman

Diana Lewis
Miss Dunk

Spencer Charters
Gate Guard

Guy Usher
Harry Payne Bosterly

Dell Henderson
Mr. Abernathy

Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Media.



Details.
Release DateNovember 30, 1934
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 8m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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It's a Gift is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields. It was Fields's 16th sound film and his fifth in 1934 alone.
The film concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen. The film reprises routines honed by Fields from his career over the years 1915–1925. Fields often tried to recapture sketches that led to his stage success onto film; skits such as "The Picnic", "A Joy Ride", and most famously, "The Back Porch" are all featured in It's a Gift.
Lesser known than some of Fields' later works such as The Bank Dick, the film is perhaps the best example of the recurring theme of the Everyman battling against his domestic entrapment. Historians and critics have often cited its numerous memorable comic moments. It is one of several Paramount Pictures in which Fields contended with child actor Baby LeRoy. The film was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland (1933).
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