The Old-Fashioned Way
7.3
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
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W.C. Fields
The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Known for
The Bank Dick
It's a Gift
Joe Morrison
Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'
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Baby LeRoy
Albert Pepperday
Known for
It's a Gift
Alice in Wonderland
Judith Allen
Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'
Also in
Telephone Operator
Bright Eyes
Jan Duggan
Cleopatra Pepperday
Also in
A Damsel in Distress
Wagon Wheels
Tammany Young
Marmaduke Gump
Known for
It's a Gift
She Done Him Wrong
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Known for
The Thin Man Goes Home
Easy Living
Jack Mulhall
Dick Bronson
Known for
Black Friday
Invisible Ghost
Samuel Ethridge
Bartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'
No other roles listed
Lona Andre
Girl in Audience (uncredited)
Known for
Our Relations
Oscar Apfel
Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Also in
The Texan
Hell's Highway
Billy Bletcher
Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Known for
Three Little Pigs
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
William Beaudine Director · Jack Cunningham Screenplay Garnett Weston Screenplay
United States release July 13, 1934 · Produced in United States · Working title Grease Paint
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Grease Paint
Working title
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 13, 1934
Theatrical
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