Blu-ray Review The Old Fashioned Way Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

The cagey, charlatan version of W.C. Fields is front and center in William Beaudine’s The Old Fashioned Way, perhaps not the best of Fields’ many comedies but one which offers views of the great comedian not found in his other flicks.



The Old Fashioned Way (1934)



Released: 13 Jul 1934
Rated: Passed
Runtime: 71 min




Director: William Beaudine
Genre: Comedy



Cast: W.C. Fields, Joe Morrison, Baby LeRoy
Writer(s): Garnett Weston, Jack Cunningham, W.C. Fields



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



IMDB rating: 7.4
MetaScore: N/A





Disc Information



Studio: Universal
Distributed By: Kino Lorber
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[OLDTIMER]

Thanks Matt – Great revue. I have the 17-Fields-movies British Universal set of DVDs from 2007 and THE OLD FASHIONED WAY is one of my favorites. Although Baby LeRoy gives him a hard time, Fields retaliates in his best sadistic way.

I’m not sure where Kino Lorber sourced their print, but the DVD is quite sharp with a reasonably good grey scale.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I’m not sure where Kino Lorber sourced their print

A 4K scan of best surviving elements performed by Universal in 2017 and mastered by Kino in 2021.