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You're Telling Me! is a 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring W.C. Fields. It is a remake of the silent film So's Your Old Man (1926), also starring Fields. Both films are adapted from the story Mr. Bisbee’s Princess by Julian Leonard Street. It was released by Paramount Pictures.
Directed by Erle C. Kenton. With W.C. Fields, Joan Marsh, Buster Crabbe, Adrienne Ames. A hard-drinking, socially-awkward inventor wrecks his daughter's chances of marriage into a rich family and bungles his own chances of success by selling one of his more practical inventions.
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- Comedy
- Erle C. Kenton
- 1934-05-18
W. C. Fields is an inventor who, once again, has a nagging wife. His daughter is in love with a rich family's son (Buster Crabbe) but the rich mother won't allow her son to marry into such an unqualified family. Fields has invented some puncture-proof tires.
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- Paramount
- Erle C. Kenton
Apr 16, 2022 · You’re Telling Me! was Fields’ first solo starring feature of the sound era. “The Great Man,” as W.C. liked to be called, had starred in a few silent features (including the excellent It’s the Old Army Game
Synopsis. Sam Bisbee is a drunk and an unsuccessful inventor in the small town of Crystal Springs. His daughter Pauline hopes to marry Bob, son of the well-to-do and haughty Murchisons. Mrs.
- Erle C. Kenton
- W. C. Fields
Apr 18, 2022 · Erle C. Kenton’s You’re Telling Me! is a remake of one of W.C. Fields’ silent comedies So’s Your Old Man, and while it’s clear he’s on the right track as a sound comedian, some of the casting and direction for his starring vehicles had not yet quite fallen into place.
Overview. Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works (e.g., a keyhole finder for drunks) have brought him only poverty. His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob. Events conspire to ruin his bullet-proof tire just as success seems near.
