W. C. Fields
Harold Bissonette
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It's a Gift: Directed by Norman Z. McLeod. With W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison. A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.
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- Comedy
- Norman Z. McLeod
- 1934-11-30
It's a Gift. 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. It was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland (1933). The film concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife ...
It's A Gift (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Want Ten Pounds Of Cumquats The second source of frustration in the life of New Jersey grocer Bissonette (W.C. Fields), where he has incompetent help (Tammany Young), a customer seeking cumquats (Morgan Wallace) and another who’s blind (Charles Sellon), in It’s A Gift, 1934, co-written by Fields as ...
- Norman Mcleod
- W. C. Fields
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Synopsis. After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.
- 68 min
It's a Gift. Released Nov 17, 1934 1h 13m Comedy. List. Fresh score. 94% Tomatometer 16 Reviews. Fresh audience score. 76% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings. Harold Bissonette (W.C. Fields) is the ...
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- W.C. Fields
- Norman Z. Mcleod
- Comedy
It's a Gift (1934) is often cited as W. C. Fields' best and funniest picture - it is undoubtedly one of the greatest, classic comedies ever made, although it is probably less well-known than his other two masterpieces: The Bank Dick (1940) and My Little Chickadee (1940). It was his sixteenth (out of twenty-eight) sound film - this time directed ...
Norman Z. McLeod. Director. Jack Cunningham. Screenplay. W.C. Fields. Story. After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and ...
