The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff..
Is The Old Fashioned Way worth your time tonight? Absolutely, but only if you love watching a grumpy old man outsmart annoying toddlers and angry landlords. 😤If you hate slow, dusty 1930s stage acting, you will probably turn this off after ten minutes.W.C. Fields plays The Great McGonigle, a total fraud who runs a bro...
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"Is The Old Fashioned Way worth your time tonight? Absolutely, but only if you love watching a grumpy old man outsmart annoying toddlers and angry landlords. 😤If you hate slow, dusty 1930s stage acting, you will probably turn this off after ten minutes.W.C. Fields plays The Great McGonigle, a total fraud who runs a broke theater troupe.They basically roll into town, trick the locals, perform a terrible play, and run away before the sheriff catches them.It feels a bit like those chaotic kids' sho..."
Hal Yates, Garnett Weston, W.C. Fields, Ralph Ceder, Walter DeLeon, Jack Cunningham, Frank Mitchell Dazey, Lex Neal, William R. Lipman, H.M. Walker, J.P. McEvoy, Paul Jones, Claude Binyon
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