"It's a Gift" is Norman McLeod's classic comedy of disasters, in which W.C. Fields plays a general-store proprietor who buys an orange-ranch by mail and transports his family to California. This study of the film is written by novelist Simon Louvish, who also teaches part-time at the London International Film School. Each volume in the "BFI Film Classics" series features a brief production history, detailed filmography, notes and bibliography.