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Bookmark this pageIt's the Old Army Game (1926)
Director: Edward Sutherland
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From Time Out Film Guide
In her book Lulu in Hollywood, Louise Brooks recalls this as a chaotic, drunken shoot ('Nobody in Ocala seemed to have heard of Prohibition'), and dismisses her own role as 'the love interest'. She's right: it's a hit-and-miss affair, and her appearance is peripheral. Centre stage is Fields, playing the small town drugstore proprietor Prettywillie. He has ghastly relatives (including an obnoxious infant), never gets an uninterrupted nap, gets dragged into a seemingly crooked real estate deal, and makes a disastrous visit to New York. In short, Fields gets to recreate many of his stage routines, and in a much 'purer' form than in most of his later movies. Remade as It's a Gift.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Edward Sutherland
Cast: WC Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring, William Gaxton, Mary Foy full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 77 mins
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