# It's a Gift (1934)

> A beleaguered grocer seeks escape from domestic nagging through a disastrous California ranch venture that becomes a showcase for W. C. Fields’s exasperated clowning.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/17013

## Facts

- Runtime: 68 min
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Norman Z. McLeod
- Cast: W.C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tommy Bupp, Tammany Young, Morgan Wallace
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025318/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, irreverent, warm, classic comedy night, lazy afternoon

## Synopsis

A henpecked husband seeks peace but finds chaos on his journey to California.

## Movies like It's a Gift

- [Go West (1940)](https://ember.film/movie/13480)
- [Life with Father (1947)](https://ember.film/movie/26560)
- [Way Out West (1937)](https://ember.film/movie/15183)
- [The Cocoanuts (1929)](https://ember.film/movie/12440)
- [The Freshman (1925)](https://ember.film/movie/27357)
- [Our Hospitality (1923)](https://ember.film/movie/575)
- [Room Service (1938)](https://ember.film/movie/9580)
- [Sullivan's Travels (1941)](https://ember.film/movie/9860)
- [The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)](https://ember.film/movie/27827)
- [Seven Chances (1925)](https://ember.film/movie/20460)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt