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The Fatal Glass of Beer *** (1933, W C Fields, Rosemary Theby, George Chandler) – Classic Movie Review 9784

Director Clyde Bruckman’s 1933 comedy short The Fatal Glass of Beer is an only modestly amusing W C Fields two-reeler, in which he plays Pa Snavely, a Yukon prospector/ trapper married to Ma Snavely (Rosemary […]

May, 17 · in Reviews

The Dentist **** (1932, W C Fields, Marjorie Kane, Arnold Gray, Dorothy Granger) – Classic Movie Review 9783

W C Fields’s precious 1932 vintage comedy short The Dentist re-creates his stage act as the kind of dentist who fills you with dread. Fields is on great form in this, the first and funniest […]

May, 17 · in Reviews

Man on the Flying Trapeze ***** (1935, W C Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard) – Classic Movie Review 9782

Director Clyde Bruckman’s 1935 comedy Man on the Flying Trapeze [The Memory Expert] is a hilariously funny W C Fields film from his best period, in which he stars as Ambrose Wolfinger, who rails against […]

May, 17

The Golf Specialist **** (1930, W C Fields, Shirley Grey, Allen Wood, Allan Bennett, William Black) – Classic Movie Review 9781

Director Monte Brice’s funny 1930 20-minute comedy short The Golf Specialist from RKO Pictures is W C Fields’s first talkie. It is shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey the site of many early film studios. […]

May, 17

You’re Telling Me! *** (1934, W C Fields, Joan Marsh, Larry ‘Buster’ Crabbe, Adrienne Ames, Kathleen Howard, Louise Carter) – Classic Movie Review 9780

Director Erle C Kenton’s 1934 comedy You’re Telling Me! stars W C Fields as Mr Sam Brisbee, an optician despised in his small town, particularly by his wife Bessie/ or Abigail (Louise Carter), for his […]

May, 17

So’s Your Old Man **** (1926, W C Fields, Alice Joyce, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers) – Classic Movie Review 9779

Director Gregory La Cava 1926 comedy So’s Your Old Man is one of W C Fields’s best silent comedies, in which he plays Mr Samuel Bisbee, a tippling glazier and henpecked husband, who takes his […]

May, 16

The Kid from Left Field ** (1953, Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin, Lloyd Bridges, Ray Collins, Richard Egan) – Classic Movie Review 9778

Director Harmon Jones’s 1953 black and white 20th Century Fox sports comedy The Kid from Left Field stars Dan Dailey as Larry ‘Pop’ Cooper, a former baseball player who ends up as a snack salesman […]

May, 16

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