| So's Your Old Man | |
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| Directed by | Gregory La Cava |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Julian Leonard Street (story) Howard Emmett Rogers (adaptation) J. Clarkson Miller (screenplay) Julian Johnson (titles) |
| Starring | W.C. Fields Alice Joyce |
| Cinematography | George Webber |
| Editing by | George Block Julian Johnson |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 25 October 1926 |
| Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | silent with English intertitles |
So's Your Old Man is a 1926 silent film 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]
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]
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Sam Bisbee (W.C. Fields) is a small-town glazier who's always trying to get rich quick, and his schemes are driving his wife (Marcia Harris) 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 pretty young woman (Alice Joy) who he believe is trying to kill herself. It turns out the woman is really Princess Lescaboura, and their friendship bring social success to the Bisbees.[3][4][5]