The Old-Fashioned Way

Jul 13, 1934

1h 11m

★ 7.1

Overview

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

The Great McGonigle / Squire Cribbs in 'The Drunkard'

W.C. Fields

Wally Livingston / William Dowton in 'The Drunkard'

Joe Morrison

Albert Pepperday

Baby LeRoy

Betty McGonigle / Agnes Dowton in the 'The Drunkard'

Judith Allen

Cleopatra Pepperday

Jan Duggan

Marmaduke Gump

Tammany Young

Mrs. Wendelschaffer

Nora Cecil

Dick Bronson

Jack Mulhall

Bartley Neuville / Edward Middleton (Drunkard) in 'The Drunkard'

Samuel Ethridge

Girl in Audience (uncredited)

Lona Andre

Mr. Livingston (uncredited)

Oscar Apfel

Tomato Thrower (uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. A musical, made-for-television, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is the only of the legendary composing team's musicals created specifically for that medium. It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, and was a phenomenal success, viewed by more than 107 million people. Though it originally aired in full color, only a black & white kinescope of the production has survived.

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