It's a Gift

It's a Gift (1934) is a Norman Z. McLeod comedy you can watch online on iFILM, built almost entirely around the deadpan genius of W.C. Fields. Grocer Harold Bissonette comes into a small inheritance, walks away from his shop and hauls the family west to California to grow oranges on a plot of land that turns out to be worthless dirt.

The trip is one small disaster after another. His wife Amelia nags without pause, the kids are constantly underfoot, and Harold just wants five quiet minutes the world refuses to give him. Fields carries the whole picture on muttered asides and the patience of a man drowning in petty annoyance — in 68 minutes he turns everyday frustration into something close to an art form. If you have a taste for dry 1930s American comedy, this one lands fast. Stream It's a Gift (1934) online on iFILM.