It's A Gift (1934) :
Brief Review -
A laughing tonic gifted by W C Fields and McLeod. Surely in Top 5 Comedies of Fields. It's a Gift is a genuine Laugh Riot made from reliable situations that we hardly see in intentional comedies. A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife. Fields plays the hilarious grocer but surprisingly more hilarious character is played by Kathleen Howard as his wife. If that's not enough then there is another additional cameo of the child actor Tommy Bupp who strikes from the very first scene and then doesn't stop till the end whenever he appears on screen. The story begins in domestic atmosphere with uttermost believable situations which could happen with any of us if wanted. This is all about creating friendly atmosphere away from the cinematic liberty and once it is set, there is no escape for next 60 minutes. It's a freaking silly, crazy and laugh out loud kind of comedy where the intentional force doesn't spoil anything. From the dialogues to situations everything seems perfectly rehearsed. Above all, it has long scenes set in one situation which carries a lot of humour and sensibility hence making it much more enjoyable that what it looks. That scene when Fields tries to sleep but gets disturbed again and again, one resistance after another was such an amazing scene. Acting wise, Fields and Howard both rule the entire film supported well by small small roles of other cast members. Screenplay is engaging, short and quick so you don't even realise when an hour is past and the show is over. Director McLeod Knows exactly what to do with Comedy films and he had done in the past so. He handles It's A Gift with proper vision and successfully makes a terrific Entertainer. A must see for Fields's Fans.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest
A laughing tonic gifted by W C Fields and McLeod. Surely in Top 5 Comedies of Fields. It's a Gift is a genuine Laugh Riot made from reliable situations that we hardly see in intentional comedies. A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife. Fields plays the hilarious grocer but surprisingly more hilarious character is played by Kathleen Howard as his wife. If that's not enough then there is another additional cameo of the child actor Tommy Bupp who strikes from the very first scene and then doesn't stop till the end whenever he appears on screen. The story begins in domestic atmosphere with uttermost believable situations which could happen with any of us if wanted. This is all about creating friendly atmosphere away from the cinematic liberty and once it is set, there is no escape for next 60 minutes. It's a freaking silly, crazy and laugh out loud kind of comedy where the intentional force doesn't spoil anything. From the dialogues to situations everything seems perfectly rehearsed. Above all, it has long scenes set in one situation which carries a lot of humour and sensibility hence making it much more enjoyable that what it looks. That scene when Fields tries to sleep but gets disturbed again and again, one resistance after another was such an amazing scene. Acting wise, Fields and Howard both rule the entire film supported well by small small roles of other cast members. Screenplay is engaging, short and quick so you don't even realise when an hour is past and the show is over. Director McLeod Knows exactly what to do with Comedy films and he had done in the past so. He handles It's A Gift with proper vision and successfully makes a terrific Entertainer. A must see for Fields's Fans.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest