the gimmick and a it be and of this 1934 paramount comedy be the six comedy performer and pair off into three man and woman team and who all appear together . w. c. field and his frequent screen partner alsion skipworth appear in the second half of the film and shine in their role a a small town sheriff and innkeeper . field seem to have be give the latitude to inject plenty of his own one of a kind brand of misanthropic and surreal comedy into his part and and it work wonderfully and especially where he be allow to do his famous pool table routine and a digression that be totally welcome since it be hilarious . at first think it might have seem like a mismatch to conceive of a film to be carry by the subtle domestic comedy of charlie ruggles and mary boland next to the broad and jokey vaudeville patter of the great husband and wife comedy team of george burn and gracie allen and but here it work perfectly because of the part george and gracie be give in the script . they be there be freeloader hitch a ride to california on ruggles and boland honeymoon trip and consistently find way to annoy them at every step and include and brilliantly and while they be each hold on to the side of a cliff for dear life . make burn and allen comic annoyance to two sympathetic character turn out to be a perfect way to fit their far out and large than life comedy character into a real world set the comedy of people react to them in a believable way turn out to be as much a a gold mine a gracie famous naive delivery itself . charlie ruggles deserves special mention for his performance a the fussy banker pinky whinney . he marvelously subtle and underplayed and and draw laugh from line that in another actor hand might not even have be hear . the script be wonderfully witty all through and and most of the way it a perfectly extended comedy of frustration in which our sympathy be with the poor whinneys who can not get a moment alone and and the extra bonus be that what frustrate them be just more first rate comedy material from burn and allen . for the pre code watcher out there and there be some rather suggestive material in some of the most amusing scene and a whinney try to get across to george just why he and his wife want to be alone for a while . there be a few sign of a rushed production here the occasional jump cut and one of the most obvious drop set you will ever see in a movie ( right up there with w. c. field own short the golf specialist ) and and the knot in field tie be constantly change in shape . these do not bother me and though and and they shouldn not bother anybody who be enjoy the film . six of a kind be a real little know gem and one of the funny movie i have see in a while . if youre think about whether to watch it and the answer should be yes .