The Old Fashioned Way (1934)
- Original title
- The Old-Fashioned Way
- Directed by
- William Beaudine
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A traveling theater troupe puts on old-fashioned melodramas. W. C. Fields plays a flamboyant actor-manager who tries to keep the show going despite money troubles and rival performers.
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What happens
The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 American comedy film produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by William Beaudine and stars W. C. Fields. The script was written by Jack Cunningham based on a story by "Charles Bogle" (one of Fields's writing pseudonyms). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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