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The Old-Fashioned Way(1934)
Status: Released
Date: 1934-07-13
72%
16 Votes
Time: 1h 11m
Overview:
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
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Movie: The Old-Fashioned Way
Top 10 Billed Cast
W.C. Fields
The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Joe Morrison
Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'
Baby LeRoy
Albert Pepperday
Judith Allen
Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'
Jan Duggan
Cleopatra Pepperday
Tammany Young
Marmaduke Gump
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Jack Mulhall
Dick Bronson
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
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