So's Your Old Man

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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 byGeorge Block
Julian Johnson
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • October 25, 1926 (1926-10-25)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited 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]

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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

So's Your Old Man (1926)

Sam Bisbee is a small-town glazier who's always trying to get rich quick, and his schemes are driving his wife 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 young woman who 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

Notes

  1. IMDB Filming locations
  2. "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry" News from the Library of Congress (December 30, 2008)
  3. "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  4. Erickson, Hal Overview (Allmovie)
  5. Stephan, Ed Plot summary (IMDB)
  6. TCM Full synopsis


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