The Old Fashioned Way (1934) | |
| Director(s) | William Beaudine |
| Producer(s) | William LeBaron, Emanuel Cohen (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy |
| Top Topics | Slapstick |
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The Old Fashioned Way (1934) was a Comedy Film directed by William Beaudine and produced by William LeBaron and Emanuel Cohen.
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The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
By Beatrice on Apr 12, 2013 From Flickers in TimeThe Old Fashioned Way Directed by William Beaudine 1934/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing The Great McGonigle: [sarcastically] No, I had the presence of mind to fall on my head. It is the Gay Nineties and W.C. Fields plays The Great McGonigle, proprietor of a travelling theater company that put... Read full article
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The Great McGonigle:
[referring to Cleopatra] She's all dressed up loke a well-kept grave.
The Great McGonigle: [In character in "The Drunkard," the play-within-a play] It ain't a fit night out for man or beast!
The Great McGonigle: [as the boarding house guest are eating] The soup sounds good.
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The Great McGonigle: [In character in "The Drunkard," the play-within-a play] It ain't a fit night out for man or beast!
The Great McGonigle: [as the boarding house guest are eating] The soup sounds good.
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When McGonigle first sees Cleopatra, he says "Who's the old squgelum over there?" "Squigelum" is a Fields nonsense word. He would use it again in "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" to describe the kissing game he teaches Ouliotta Hemogloben.
'W. C. Fields' recreates his famous vaudeville juggling routine with the cigar boxes.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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'W. C. Fields' recreates his famous vaudeville juggling routine with the cigar boxes.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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