Watch The Old Fashioned Way

Charming con man The Great McGonigle leads his cash-strapped traveling theater troupe from town to town, always one step ahead of sheriffs and unpaid bills. While his daughter Betty explores a budding romance, McGonigle casts the wealthy Cleopatra Pepperday in his production, hoping to loosen her purse strings, and stages a riotous performance of the melodrama The Drunkard.

The Old Fashioned Way is a 1934 comedy with a runtime of 1 hour and 11 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.3.