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Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Kathleen Howard

The owner of a general store (Harold Bisonette) is hounded by his status-anxious wife ("That's 'Bee-soh-nay'" and "I have no maid you know"). To get some sleep he goes out on the porch where he is tor...( read more  read more... )mented by a little boy from the floor above (Baby Dunk) and an insurance salesman down below ("LaFong. Capital L, small a..."). He uses an inheritance to buy an orange ranch through the mail, then drives off with his family for California. The orange grove consists of a withered tree, the ranch house is but a shack, and the car falls to pieces. But a racetrack operator wants the land, so all ends happily.

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Unrated, 73 min.

Directed by: Norman Z. McLeod

Release Date: November 17, 1934

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DVD Release Date: November 9, 2004

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  • kenstachnik
    July 21, 2007
    kenstachnik
    My Favorite WC Fields Movie
  • threefolddado
    July 16, 2008
    threefolddado
    Oh so funny. Love the orange juice at the end.
  • Ghw12158
    December 21, 2007
    Ghw12158
    one of his best 101 laughs
  • deedeesdad
    September 7, 2007
    deedeesdad
    Maybe the funniest movie I've ever seen and certainly the best entry point to the Fieldsiverse. The sleeping-on-the-porch scene is my hands-down choice for funniest, most perfectly calibrated comedy sequence ever.
  • Spryte808
    September 6, 2007
    Spryte808
    Wasn't meant to watch this movie but it looked funny anyway so I watched it and I thought oh poor Bisonette's.. turned out to be a good movie.
  • jaynyca1
    May 31, 2007
    jaynyca1
    One of W. C. Fields great films!. . . A comedy classic!. . .

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