The Old-Fashioned Way (1934)
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Top billed cast
W.C. FieldsThe Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Joe MorrisonWally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'
Baby LeRoyAlbert Pepperday
Judith AllenBetty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'
Jan DugganCleopatra Pepperday
Tammany YoungMarmaduke Gump
Nora CecilMrs. Wendelschaffer
Jack MulhallDick Bronson
Samuel EthridgeBartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'
Lona AndreGirl in Audience (uncredited)
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