It's a Gift

1h 8m
Comedy
6.2

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

Cast

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

Crew

Norman Z. McLeod
Director
Jack Cunningham
Screenplay
W.C. Fields
Story
Henry Sharp
Director of Photography
Edward Montagne
Assistant Director
Emanuel Cohen
Executive Producer
William LeBaron
Producer
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
J.P. McEvoy
Musical
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
John B. Goodman
Art Direction

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