[greene66]

Yes, “It’s a Gift” (1934) is probably my all-time favorite comedy. Each time I view it, I invariably catch something new... some small, subtle bit of humor that I didn’t originally notice, which will elicit a laugh. I once met the actress, Jean Rouverol, who played Fields’ 18-year-old daughter in the movie, and was glad to tell her how much the film meant to me.

[DemforBush]

I’d always heard “It’s a Gift” is Fields’ best work. I tried my darndest to find it on youtube and elsewhere, but had no luck beyond a clip or two.

[ETL]

I once met the actress, Jean Rouverol, who played Fields’ 18-year-old daughter in the movie [It's A Gift], and was glad to tell her how much the film meant to me.

From wikipedia...

"In 1943, [Jean] Rouverol and her husband had joined the American Communist Party.

In 1951, when agents for HUAC attempted to subpoena them, Rouverol and her husband chose self-exile to Mexico with their four small children rather than face a possible prison sentence, as endured by some of their friends who were dubbed the Hollywood Ten. Labeled as subversives and dangerous revolutionaries by the government, they did not return to the United States on a permanent basis for thirteen years, during which time they had two more children."

[ETL]

Fields had a small cadre of supporting players that he employed in several films:

• Elise Cavanna, whose onscreen interplay with Fields was compared (by William K. Everson) to that between Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont^[101]
• Jan Duggan, an old-maid character (actually about Fields' age).^[102] It was of her character that Fields said in The Old Fashioned Way, "She's all dressed up like a well-dressed grave."
• Kathleen Howard, as a nagging wife or antagonist
• Baby LeRoy, as a preschool child fond of playing pranks on Fields' characters
• Franklin Pangborn, a fussy, ubiquitous character actor who played in several Fields films, most memorably as J. Pinkerton Snoopington in The Bank Dick
• Alison Skipworth, as his wife (although 16 years his senior), usually in a supportive role rather than the stereotypical nag
• Grady Sutton, typically a country bumpkin type, as a foil or an antagonist to Fields' character
• Bill Wolfe, as a gaunt-looking character, usually a Fields foil
• Tammany Young, as a dim-witted, unintentionally harmful assistant, who appeared in seven Fields films until his sudden death from heart failure in 1936