The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 8m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
110 audience votes
Key crew
- Norman Z. McLeodDirector
- Jack CunninghamScreenplay
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- W.C. FieldsHarold Bissonette
- Baby LeRoyBaby Dunk
- Kathleen HowardAmelia Bissonette
- Jean RouverolMildred Bissonette
- Julian MadisonJohn Durston
- Tommy BuppNorman Bissonette
- Tammany YoungEverett Ricks
- Morgan WallaceJames Fitchmueller
- Charles SellonMr. Muckle
- Josephine WhittellMrs. Dunk
- T. Roy BarnesInsurance Salesman
- Diana LewisMiss Dunk
Stills
Themes
husband wife relationshipgrocerinheritancegrocery storehenpecked husbandmolassesdomineering wifenagging wifeorange grovenoise