It's a Gift (1934)
"LOOK THIS GIFT IN THE FACE IF YOU WANT A BIG HORSE-LAUGH"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 94%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
W.C. Fields as Harold Bissonette
Baby LeRoy as Baby Dunk
Kathleen Howard as Amelia Bissonette
Jean Rouverol as Mildred Bissonette
Julian Madison as John Durston
Tommy Bupp as Norman Bissonette
Tammany Young as Everett Ricks
Morgan Wallace as James Fitchmueller
Is It's a Gift good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 111 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 94%.
Overview
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children. Wikipedia ↗
