So's Your Old Man
{{Short description|1926 film by Gregory La Cava}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = So's Your Old Man
| image = File:So's Your Old Man lobby card.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Gregory La Cava
| producer = Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
| writer = Howard Emmett Rogers (adaptation)
J Clarkson Miller (screenplay)
Julian Johnson (titles)
| based_on = {{basedon|Mr. Bisbee's Princess|Julian Leonard Street}}
| starring = W. C. Fields
Alice Joyce
| cinematography = George Webber
| editing = George Block
Julian Johnson
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|10|25}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017410/locations Filming locations]
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.[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2008/08-237.html "Cinematic Classics, Legendary Stars, Comedic Legends and Novice Filmmakers Showcase the 2008 Film Registry"] News from the Library of Congress (December 30, 2008){{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 11, 2020}}
Plot
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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.Erickson, Hal [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:110802~T0 Overview (Allmovie)]Stephan, Ed [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017410/plotsummary Plot summary (IMDB)]TCM [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/500044/sos-your-old-man Full synopsis]
Cast
- W. C. Fields as Samuel Bisbee
- Alice Joyce as Princess Lescaboura
- Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Kenneth Murchison
- Kittens Reichert as Alice Bisbee (credited as Catherine Reichert)
- Marcia Harris as Mrs. Bisbee, wife of Sam
- Julia Ralph as Mrs. A. Brandewyne Murchison
- Frank Montgomery as Jeff, a fellow scientist
- Jerry Sinclair as Al
- Frederick Burton as Senator (uncredited)
- Charles Byer as Prince Lescaboura (uncredited)
- Walter Walker as Mayor of Waukeagus (uncredited)
Notes
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External links
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- [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/old_man.pdf So's Your Old Man essay] by Steve Massa on National Film Registry
- [https://books.google.com/books/about/America_s_Film_Legacy.html?id=deq3xI8OmCkC So's Your Old Man essay] in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 121–122.
- {{IMDb title|0017410}}
- {{TCMDb title|500044}}
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Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:United States National Film Registry films
Category:Films directed by Gregory La Cava
Category:Films shot at Astoria Studios
Category:Surviving American silent films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy films
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