Movie: The Old-Fashioned Way

Top 10 Billed Cast

W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields

The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'

Joe Morrison
Joe Morrison

Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'

Baby LeRoy
Baby LeRoy

Albert Pepperday

Judith Allen
Judith Allen

Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'

Jan Duggan
Jan Duggan

Cleopatra Pepperday

Tammany Young
Tammany Young

Marmaduke Gump

Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil

Mrs. Wendelschaffer

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall

Dick Bronson

Samuel Ethridge
Samuel Ethridge

Bartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'

Lona Andre
Lona Andre

Girl in Audience (uncredited)

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    The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

  • Release Date

    1934-07-13

  • Average

    7.1

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    English
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