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W. C. Fields: The Old Fashioned Way

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Just two jumps ahead of the sheriff and weeks behind in paying the wages, the Great McGonigle leads his travelling repertory company through the nation's small towns presenting to empty theatres that great moral drama The Drunkard, or The Fallen Saved,
Director WILLIAM BEAUDINE
This Week's Films: page 13

Contributors

Director:
William Beaudine
The Great McGonigle:
W C Fields
Wally Livingston:
Joe Morrison
Betty McGonigle:
Judith Allen
Cleopatra Pepperday:
Jan Duggan
Mrs Wendelschaffer:
Nora Cecil
Albert Wendelschaffer:
Baby Leroy
Dick Bronson:
Jack Mulhall
Charles Lowell:
Joe Mills
Bartley Neuville:
Samuel Esteridge
Mother Mac:
Emma Ray
Agatha Sprague:
Ruth Marion
Source: Radio Times

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