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It's the Old Army Game

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Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance
Starring: W.C. Fields, Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring, William Gaxton, and Mary Foy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Plot Synopsis:

Elmer Prettywillie, the village druggist, is awakened by a woman who needs a 2-cent stamp in the middle of the night. Seeking again a state of somnolence, Prettywillie must contend with the clamorous collectors of garbage, and with those of his own castle who have caught forty winks and then some. The letter-carrying lady, in trying to post her missive, manages to summon the city's fire department to the pharmacy where, unable to find a fire, they sit and sip sodas while Prettywillie panders to their every want. When they leave, a bit of a blaze does erupt, but Prettywillie is forced to his own resources. Meanwhile, George Parker is smitten with Elmer's buxom assistant and uses the storefront to promote a bogus land deal. The Prettywillie fortune is thus inflated, enabling the purchase of a flivver, but Elmer ends up wrecking a Florida estate and finally the flivver, foiling the schemers and delighting the denizens of the town, whose jubilation Elmer takes for an acute case of distemper. He jails himself for safekeeping. Also starring Louise Brooks, Blanche Ring, William Gaxton, and Mary Foy.

  • Release Details
    Release Date: March 13th, 2018
    Movie Release Year: 1926
    Release Country: United States
    Movie Studio: Kino
  • Technical Specs
    Special Features:Audio commentary by film historian James L. Neibaur, author of The W.C. Fields Films
    New score by Ben Model