It's a Gift (1934)

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 13m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 107 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A grocery store owner deals with constant interruptions from his family, annoying customers, and a useless employee. He tries to find peace but keeps getting pulled into one disaster after another.

slapstickfrustratingchaoticwryfast-paceddomesticirritablephysical comedy

What happens

It's a Gift is a 1934 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields. It was Fields's 16th sound film and his fifth in 1934 alone. The film concerns the trials and tribulations of a grocer as he battles a shrewish wife, an incompetent assistant, and assorted annoying children, customers, and salesmen. The film reprises routines honed by Fields from his career over the years 1915–1925. Fields often tried to recapture sketches that led to his stage success onto film; skits such as "The Picnic", "A Joy Ride", and most famously, "The Back Porch" are all featured in It's a Gift. It is one of several Paramount Pictures in which Fields contended with child actor Baby LeRoy. The film was directed by Norman McLeod, who had directed Fields in his cameo as Humpty Dumpty in Alice in Wonderland (1933). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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