The Old-Fashioned Way
1934 · 71 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 1,178 VOTES · DIR. William Beaudine
Overview
The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.
Dialogue Timeline — 875 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:28 Is the show troupe on board? Yes.
00:04:02 For two cents I'd quit.
00:06:02 Upper nine?
00:08:03 Oh, you're impossible.
00:10:04 Good morning, gentlemen.
00:13:09 we have always had a fond spot in our heart for dear old Bellefontaine.
00:16:26 Well, you might as well pick up your bags.
00:18:48 For the benefit of all those who do not know me
00:20:57 Cleopatra Pepperday.
00:22:37 Yes, stubborn as can be. There you are. Look at that. There.
00:24:54 A B-R-A-T. Brat!
00:29:50 Oh, Marky, then you really think I can sing.
00:32:32 wanted to traipse off with that same McGonigle last year
00:34:52 Thank you, sir. Yes, a little roundelay. One chorus.
00:39:01 Who's that?
00:40:46 But I promised them I'd be in the show tonight.
00:43:20 Don't do that, Cleo.
00:45:36 This then is the widow's daughter, nurtured in the wilderness.
00:48:38 Lord have mercy. What's this? You can walk, can't you?
00:51:06 Isn't it wonderful?
00:56:40 Stop it! Stop it!
01:03:57 Here, hold that.
01:06:34 Unfortunately, I have to go alone, honey.
01:09:10 Mmm-hmm.
Cast & Characters
W.C. Fields
The Great McGonigle
W.C. Fields
Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'
Joe Morrison
Wally Livingston
Joe Morrison
William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'
Baby LeRoy
Albert Pepperday
Judith Allen
Betty McGonigle
Judith Allen
Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'
Jan Duggan
Cleopatra Pepperday
Tammany Young
Marmaduke Gump
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Wendelschaffer
Jack Mulhall
Dick Bronson
Samuel Ethridge
Bartley Neuville
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed875
Dialogue density12.3 lines / min
First line00:01:28
Final line01:09:10
Production Record
DirectorWilliam Beaudine
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,178