{"id":19524,"date":"2011-09-08T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19524"},"modified":"2020-11-26T18:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T01:42:26","slug":"youre-telling-me-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19524","title":{"rendered":"You&#8217;re Telling Me (1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I have more pride than to marry into a family that thinks they&#8217;re too good for me!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Poster.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe daughter (Joan Marsh) of a poor inventor (W.C. Fields) finds her engagement compromised when the snooty mother (Kathleen Howard) of her fiancee (Buster Crabbe) disdains her family. Meanwhile, on the way home from a failed attempt to market his new puncture-proof tires, Fields befriends a kind princess (Adrienne Ames) who ends up saving the day.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Class Relations<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Cross-Class Romance<\/li>\n<li>Do-Gooders<\/li>\n<li>Henpecked Husbands<\/li>\n<li>Inventors<\/li>\n<li>Mistaken Identities<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>W.C. Fields Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPerhaps the most kindhearted of all of W.C. Fields&#8217; comedies, <em>You&#8217;re Telling Me<\/em> tells a surprisingly sweet fairy tale about a well-meaning &#8212; if overly prone to tippling &#8212; henpecked husband who treats a strange woman with kindness (not knowing she&#8217;s really a princess), and finds himself amply rewarded in return. At just over an hour, the story is slight but nicely told; the addition of a classically Fieldsian comedic golfing sketch near the end seems gratuitous, but can fairly easily be forgiven as expected by his fans. Meanwhile, Ames &#8212; a real-life socialite and model who essentially played variations on herself onscreen &#8212; possesses an infectious charm, and is always pleasing to watch; who wouldn&#8217;t want a fairy princess like her to waltz into their life? <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A surprisingly sweet tale of Good Samaritanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Samaritan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Samaritan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Samaritan.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Samaritan-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Youre-Telling-Me-Samaritan-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s an amiable enough little comedy, and worth a watch if you&#8217;re in the mood. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0026017\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/07\/10\/youre-telling-me-1934\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinematicthreads.com\/review.php?id=401&#038;ltr=Y\">Cinematic Threads Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have more pride than to marry into a family that thinks they&#8217;re too good for me!&#8221; Synopsis: The daughter (Joan Marsh) of a poor inventor (W.C. Fields) finds her engagement compromised when the snooty mother (Kathleen Howard) of her fiancee (Buster Crabbe) disdains her family. Meanwhile, on the way home from a failed attempt to market his new puncture-proof tires, Fields befriends a kind princess (Adrienne Ames) who ends up saving the day. 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