Its a Gift

Also Known As: Che bel regalo

Company: Paramount Pictures

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Plot: The owner of a general store (Harold Bisonette) is hounded by his status-anxious wife ("That's 'Bee-soh-nay'" and "I have no maid you know"). To get some sleep he goes out on the porch where he is tormented by a little boy from the floor above (Baby Dunk) and an insurance salesman down below ("LaFong. Capital L, small a..."). He uses an inheritance to buy an orange ranch through the mail, then drives off with his family for California. The orange grove consists of a withered tree, the ranch house is but a shack, and the car falls to pieces. But a racetrack operator wants the land, so all ends happily.

Cast and Character: W.C. Fields as Harold Bissonette / Kathleen Howard as Amelia Bissonette / Jean Rouverol as Mildred Bissonette / Julian Madison as John Durston / Tommy Bupp as Norman Bissonette / Baby LeRoy as Baby Dunk / Tammany Young as Everett Ricks / Morgan Wallace as James Fitchmueller / Charles Sellon as Mr. Muckle / Josephine Whittell as Mrs. Dunk / T. Roy Barnes as Insurance Salesman / Diana Lewis as Miss Dunk / Spencer Charters as Gate Guard / Guy Usher as Harry Payne Bosterly / Dell Henderson as Mr. Abernathy

Trailer: n/A

Creators: n/A

Description: A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.

Directors: Norman Z. McLeod

Genres: Comedy

Location: Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

MPAA: Approved

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0025318.jpg

Rating: 7.3

Release Date: 30 November 1934 (USA)

Runtime: 68 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Mono

Tagline: California or Bust! And what they don't burn, they practically wreck...just as they will wreck you with laughter in this coast-to-coast joy-ride!

Title: It's a Gift

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025318/

Votes: 2,963

Writers: Jack Cunningham / J.P. McEvoy

Year: 1934

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It's a Gift got rated 7.3.

About the movie: The owner of a general store (Harold Bisonette) is hounded by his status-anxious wife ("That's 'Bee-soh-nay'" and "I have no maid you know"). To get some sleep he goes out on the porch where he is tormented by a little boy from the floor above (Baby Dunk) and an insurance salesman down below ("LaFong. Capital L, small a..."). He uses an inheritance to buy an orange ranch through the mail, then drives off with his family for California. The orange grove consists of a withered tree, the ranch house is but a shack, and the car falls to pieces. But a racetrack operator wants the land, so all ends happily.

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