So's Your Old Man
So's Your Old Man | |
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Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
Written by | Howard Emmett Rogers (adaptation) J Clarkson Miller (screenplay) Julian Johnson (titles) |
Based on | "Mr. Bisbee's Princess" by Julian Leonard Street |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | W. C. Fields Alice Joyce |
Cinematography | George Webber |
Edited by | George Block Julian Johnson |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
So's Your Old Man is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring W. C. Fields and Alice Joyce. It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story "Mr. Bisbee's Princess" by Julian Leonard Street as adapted by Howard Emmett Rogers. It was filmed at Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City.[1]
The film was remade as a talkie in 1934, with W. C. Fields again starring, under the title You're Telling Me! In 2008, So's Your Old Man was added to the United States National Film Registry.[2][3]
Plot[]
Sam Bisbee (W. C. Fields) is a small-town glazier who's always trying to get rich quick, and his schemes are driving his wife (Marcia Harris) crazy. When he invents an unbreakable glass windshield, his attempt to demonstrate it at a convention of automobile manufacturers is ruined when his car gets switched with another, and instead of bouncing off, the brick he throws at it smashes the windshield to pieces. On the train ride home, Bisbee considers suicide, but instead rescues a pretty young woman (Alice Joyce) whom he believes is trying to kill herself. It turns out the woman is really Princess Lescaboura, and their friendship brings social success to the Bisbees.[4][5][6]
Cast[]
- W. C. Fields as Samuel Bisbee
- Alice Joyce as Princess Lescaboura
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Kenneth Murchison
- Kittens Reichert as Alice Bisbee (credited as Catherine Reichert)
- Marcia Harris as Mrs. Bisbee
- Julia Ralph as Mrs. A. Brandewyne Murchison
- Frank Montgomery as Jeff, a fellow scientist
- Jerry Sinclair as Al
- William "Shorty" Blanche as Caddy (uncredited)
- Frederick Burton as Senator (uncredited)
- Charles Byer as Prince Lescaboura (uncredited)
- Walter Walker as Mayor of Waukeagus (uncredited)
Notes[]
- ^ IMDB Filming locations
- ^ "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry" News from the Library of Congress (December 30, 2008)
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
- ^ Erickson, Hal Overview (Allmovie)
- ^ Stephan, Ed Plot summary (IMDB)
- ^ TCM Full synopsis
External links[]
- So’s Your Old Man essay [1] by Steve Massa on National Film Registry
- So’s Your Old Man essay [2] America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 121–122.
- So's Your Old Man at IMDb
- So's Your Old Man at the TCM Movie Database
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- 1926 films
- American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- United States National Film Registry films
- Films directed by Gregory La Cava
- American films
- Films shot at Astoria Studios
- Surviving American silent films
- 1926 comedy films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs