It’s a Gift

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"It’s a Gift" is a 1934 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields, widely regarded as one of his finest and most influential screen comedies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
comedy film
film
basedOn W. C. Fields’ stage sketches
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Henry Sharp
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception widely regarded as one of W. C. Fields’ finest screen comedies
director Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED
distributor Paramount Pictures
era Pre-Code Hollywood
featuresCharacter Harold Bissonette
filmEditingBy LeRoy Stone
linked to: Leroy Stone
genre comedy film
hasFormat theatrical film
hasSubject American dream of land ownership
domestic conflict
middle-class family life
hasTitle It’s a Gift
influenced later American screen comedy
leadActor W. C. Fields
mainCharacterOccupation grocery store owner
musicBy John Leipold
narrativeResolution family moves to California orange grove
notableScene driving sequence with Baby LeRoy
grocery store chaos sequence
porch-sleeping sequence with noisy neighbors and salesman
originalLanguage English
partOf W. C. Fields filmography
portrayedBy W. C. Fields
producer William LeBaron
productionCompany Paramount Pictures
releaseDate 1934-11-03
releaseYear 1934
runtimeMinutes 68
screenwriter J. P. McEvoy
Jack Cunningham
W. C. Fields
setting California
New Jersey
starring Baby LeRoy
Jean Rouverol
Julian Madison
Kathleen Howard
Tammany Young
W. C. Fields
yearOfWork 1934

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W. C. Fields notableWork It’s a Gift
It's a Gift (1923 film) title It's a Gift
subject linked to: It’s a Gift (1923 film)
linked to: It’s a Gift
Norman Z. McLeod notableWork It’s a Gift
Norman Z. McLeod directed It’s a Gift
William Claude Dukenfield notableWork It’s a Gift
It’s a Gift hasTitle It’s a Gift