The Old-Fashioned Way

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06/04/2021 This is a comedy that overall holds up well today, and the movie is quintessential for W.C. Fields' shticks (including his juggling and Vaudeville routines toward the end that are visually stunning to watch). The musical number by 'Cleopatra Pepperdale' coupled with Fields' reactions on the couch his hilariously good (although it would've been better to have that musical number as a bigger part of the movie throughout). Parts of the story and plot either are confusing or lacking, and the movie is not entertaining in every single part... but at an hour and ten minutes, it is worth watching all the way through. Good movie. See more 01/28/2013 Minor Fields but final juggling routine is fun. See more 05/24/2012 It's sort of forgettable until it really picks up by the end. And if you think W.C. Fields was only known as a comedic buffoon, you'll be changed after watching this. The theatrical troupe moving from town to town with no money is just an excuse to get to the ending, where the troupe shows off all its props, and Fields shines with his amazing juggling and more. Pretty insane stuff that comedians wouldn't dare do these days. Wussies, they are! See more 08/26/2011 An absolute classic W C Fields film, the man is a comic genius! You have to laugh when he kicks the baby!! hahaha! And a chance to get to see Fields the juggler, which is how he started out in vaudeville and rose to fame in the Ziegfield Follies. See more 09/25/2010 This is quintessential Fields, the con man and raconteur, dodging sheriffs, wooing rich widows, and bedeviled by little brats. Short, with just enough sentiment to make it work. And to top it off, we get to see some of the juggling that made him famous in vaudeville. See more 12/13/2009 Wonderfull WC Fields vehicle. Watch his reactions during the scene with Babe Le Roy and the one where he suffers whilst listening to Cleopatra Pepperday singing Gathering Shells From the Seashore. Fantastic Stuff. See more Read all reviews

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