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It's a Gift
starring: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tommy Bupp
directed by: Norman Z. McLeod

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Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780783228341
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC
ISBN: 0783228341
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: October 13, 1998
Running Time: 73 minutes
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 1934
Sales Rank: 4957

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- If you are young at heart, the dreams can come true!
The memorable lesson of will and encouraging self determination of a man who is living the winter of his existence, alienated and disappointed with the members of his family, have become this film a real cult movie since its immediate release.

After the recent turmoil of the Great Depression and the countless financial failures and spiritual wounds left behind, this film emerged like a brave message about you or me can be able to do , albeit the most adverse circumstances.

The rest of the anecdote runs for you. Watch and delight this surprising and smart film, a legitimate lesson of life, even for the actual and next generations to come.

A wise advise:Release it in DVd and Blue Ray format, it would be pleased for many, many people.

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- The Funniest Movie Ever Made "It's a G ift" W.C. Fields, et al.
The Funniest Movie Ever Made "It's a G ift" W.C. Fields, et al.

This is without the slightest doubt the funniest movie ever made. Every time I've watched it, which is about 8-10 times, I end up on the floor, barely able to breathe, and I don't drink, nor do I have any pulmonary problems. The scene with the coconut bouncing down the stairs in a perfectly timed rhythm is one of the funniest (I don't know how they did it), and one of my other favorite scenes involves the insurance peddler looking for Karl Lafong, not to mention the scene in which the man wants to buy cumquats, and Fields asks "How many quats?" There are too many funny bits in this film to mention, which means you may very well laugh yourself to death. There are lesser fates.

Fields, ... Read More

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- La Fong! Capital "L" small "a" Capital "F" small "o" small "n" small "g"...........
"Sit down Mr. Muckle, sit down honey." "WHERE ARE MY KUMQUATS???!!!"

This perfect comedy is, for my money, the funniest film W.C. Fields ever made, and that's not faint praise. Small town grocer Harold Bissonette takes his family to California when his Uncle "Bean" dies and he inherits an orange grove. This road trip comes sometime past the halfway point of the picture. And what has taken up the first half? Just some of the funniest set pieces Fields ever devised.

First there is his harrassed home life, put-upon by everyone from his shrewish wife to his son Norman's errant and deadly rollerskates. Then there is his harried working life with the furiously impatient customer yelling for his kumquats while Fields attempts to keep the blind Mr. Muckle from destroying every ... Read More

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- The Best There Is
W.C. Fields was simply the most talented comedian who ever lived, and "It's a Gift" (1934) is his most accessible feature. It's a loose remake of the 1926 silent "It's the Old Army Game" which stared Fields and Louise Brooks; and which Fields wrote. Like most silent features, the scene transitions are very abrupt, with titles used in place of scripted transitional elements.

For "It's a Gift", Director Norman McLeod elected to stay true to the original and keep the flavor of its sudden transitions. Although the technique is jarring to modern viewers it works to the film's comic advantage by speeding up the pace of the film, as it moves from set piece to set piece with virtually no filler. You get everything that would have had any entertainment value in a 90-minute feature compressed into ... Read More

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- Classic Field's comedy
W.C. Fields is without an equal when portraying a henpecked husband. Playing downtrodden New Jersey grocer Harold Bissonette in this 1934 offering, Fields in at the mercy of his sharp tongued wife played wonderfully by Kathleen Howard. Fields, a harmless schnook is also being pestered by his young son Norman and older daughter Mildred. Baby Leroy, also part of the cast, doesn't need to try hard to get under the skin of the slow burning Fields.

The family is taking issue with his decision to buy an orange ranch in California courtesy of an inheritance from his Uncle Bean. Fields setting himself up as an orange expert has purchased a useless old farm without first having seen the property. As the family makes their way across country, Fields must endure many hysterical challenges. Despite ... Read More

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