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LOOK THIS GIFT IN THE FACE IF YOU WANT A BIG HORSE-LAUGH - It's a Gift
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Title: It's a Gift

Release Date: 30 Nov 1934

Runtime: 1h 8m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.461 (90 votes)

Cast

  • Harold Bissonette: W.C. Fields
  • Amelia Bissonette: Kathleen Howard
  • Mildred Bissonette: Jean Rouverol
  • John Durston: Julian Madison
  • Norman Bissonette: Tommy Bupp
  • Baby Dunk: Baby LeRoy
  • Everett Ricks: Tammany Young
  • James Fitchmueller: Morgan Wallace
  • Mr. Muckle: Charles Sellon
  • Mrs. Dunk: Josephine Whittell
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