You're Telling Me!

You're Telling Me!

Infobox Film
name = You’re Telling Me!


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director = Erle C. Kenton
producer = Emanuel Cohen
William LeBaron
writer = Walter DeLeon
W.C. Fields
Paul M. Jones
J. P. McEvoy
Julian Leonard Street
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starring = W. C. Fields
Adrienne Ames
Louise Carter
Buster Crabbe
Kathleen Howard
George Irving
Joan Marsh
music = W. Franke Harling
Arthur Johnston
John Leipold
Tom Satterfield
cinematography = Alfred Gilks
editing = Otho Lovering
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = April 5 1934
runtime = 67 min.
country = USA
language = English
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gross =
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amg_id = 1:118033
imdb_id = 0026017

"You’re Telling Me!" is a 1934 comedy film from Paramount Pictures, starring W. C. Fields; this film is a remake of his earlier silent film "So’s Your Old Man" (1926), and both films are adapted from the story “Mr. Bisbee’s Princess” by Julian Leonard Street.

ynopsis

Sam Bisbee (W. C. Fields) is an optometrist and an amateur inventor. His daughter Pauline (Joan Marsh) is in love with Bob Murchison (Buster Crabbe), but Bob’s upper-class mother (Kathleen Howard) wants nothing to do with anyone related to uncouth Sam Bisbee. Even Sam’s wife Bessie (Louise Carter) is ashamed of him, because he prefers to be himself rather than put on airs.

Sam receives a letter from the National Tire Company expressing interest in one of his inventions, puncture-proof tires that can resist bullets. He goes in his car, which is fitted with four of his tires, and offers to give a demonstration by shooting at the tires; while he was in the boardroom, however, his car was towed and a similar-looking police car was now in its place. The tires (naturally) fail to resist Sam’s bullets, and the police chase after him.

During the train trip home, feeling that he’s failed completely, Sam contemplates committing suicide by drinking a bottle of iodine, but decides against it at the last minute. While on the train, he meets a woman (Adrienne Ames) who has a bottle of iodine in front of her; believing (wrongly) that she was also thinking of committing suicide, Sam proceeds to talk her out of it by telling her about his own troubles. Unknown to Sam, the woman is Princess Lescaboura, a royal visitor to the United States; moved by Sam’s story, she secretly decides to help him.

The next day, Sam’s home town is surprised to hear that they’ll be receiving a visit from Princess Lescaboura; when the princess arrives, she says that she is there specifically to see Sam Bisbee, who had once saved her life. As a result, everyone is now treating Sam with respect, including Mrs. Murchison. Sam, who thinks the whole thing is a sham cooked up by the “princess,” quietly congratulates her on it. Later, President Robbins (George Irving) of the National Tire Company also comes to town; they’d found Sam’s car and tested the tires themselves, and they want to do business with him. Robbins initially offers him $20,000, but the princess says that she wants the patent for her own country, and she and Robbins outbid each other until Robbins’ offer is raised to $1,000,000 and a roylaty on every tire; Sam accepts.

Now that his family is wealthy and respected, all is well with Sam, who never realizes that the Princess really was a princess.

Notes

Near the end of the film, Fields’ character demonstrates some of his golf-playing skill, but he’s constantly distracted in various ways; this bit is taken from his earlier short film "The Golf Specialist".

External links

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*imdb title|0026017


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