13 July 1934 Comedy, Romance 71 mins
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Watch the official The Old-Fashioned Way 1934 trailer in HD below or find more The Old-Fashioned Way videos on Vidimovie.
W.C. Fields as The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Joe Morrison as Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'
Baby LeRoy as Albert Pepperday
Judith Allen as Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'
Jan Duggan as Cleopatra Pepperday
Tammany Young as Marmaduke Gump
Nora Cecil as Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Jack Mulhall as Dick Bronson
Samuel Ethridge as Bartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'
Lona Andre as Girl in Audience (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel as Mr. Livingston (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher as Tomato Thrower (uncredited)
Florence Lawrence as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ruth Marion as Agatha Sprague / Mary Wilson in 'The Drunkard'
Richard Carle as Sheriff from Barnesville
Larry Grenier as Drover Stevens in 'The Drunkard'
William Beaudine Director
William LeBaron Producer
W.C. Fields Story
Ben F. Reynolds Cinematography
Harry Revel Songs
Mack Gordon Songs
Jack Cunningham Screenplay
Garnett Weston Screenplay
Grease Paint Trailer
United States 13 July 1934
If you liked the The Old-Fashioned Way trailer, you may like these ones:
11 March 1933
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.
22 February 1934
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
13 March 1947
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Brooklyn is not so nice after all.
03 October 1955
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.
11 August 1962
The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach.
11 December 1962
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others).
25 May 1934
Former detective Nick Charles has retired from police work, preferring a life of cocktails, parties, and relaxation with his wealthy wife, Nora.
12 November 1933
Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs.
14 March 1931
Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
14 June 1933
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand.
19 August 1943
Two bumbling GIs manage to get themselves invited to a dinner party at a boarding house "for women only".
18 April 1931
A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from The Old-Fashioned Way:
Trailer for the 1934 comedy classic THE OLD FASHIONED WAY starring W. C. Fields Joe Morrison Baby LeRoy and Judith Allen.
Fields gives Baby LeRoy the boot in "The Old Fashioned Way" (1934) directed by William Beaudine.
When the entertainment was more lively---
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1934:
29 June 1934
A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.
01 November 1934
This short opens showing numerous mice eating all the food in Honey's kitchen and ruining everything in her house.
02 February 1934
Life is good in the port of Marseille but Titin is accused of murder!! ... His girlfriend is very unhappy and does not know what to do to prove her innocence .
05 January 1934
Démonio the fakir has impressed a rich but weak-willed young man who hires him as an energy teacher.
12 May 1934
Movie star Gloria Blossom (Jeanette Loff) is unhappy with her press agent's (Eddie Foy, Jr.) attempts at publicity.
08 December 1934
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign.
03 November 1934
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette.
11 April 1934
This is a minor variation on the story of the Boy Who Cried Wolf where Oswald the Lucky Rabbit tends a couple of lambs who tease him by crying 'Wolf! Wolf!' until the real article shows up.
19 January 1934
Thinly veiled reworking of the Wyatt Earp story with the renamed Michael Wyatt rolling into Tombstone, becoming acquainted, teaming up, and cleaning up the town with the help of “Doc” Warren and saloon singer Queenie La Verne, while sweet young maiden Mary Reid waits patiently on the sidelines.
01 November 1934
'Old-time minstrel sinks to poverty and rises to fresh stardom.' (British Film Catalogue)
Have you watched The Old-Fashioned Way yet? What did you think about it?
Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1934 Paramount Pictures.
