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The Resource W.C. Fields comedy collection, Universal Pictures

W.C. Fields comedy collection, Universal Pictures

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Summary
  • My little chickadee: "The reputation of voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee (West) is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom. Forced to leave town until she can return married and respectable, Flowerbelle boards a train where she meets the incorrigible Guthbert J. Twillie (Fields) and soon accepts his marriage proposal. The hilarious adventures continue as the newlyweds journey to the Last Gasp saloon in this rollicking romp"--Container
  • You can't cheat an honest man: "W.C. Fields portrays Larson E. Whipsnade, ringmaster of the seedy circus Giganticus. Whipsnade gets nothing but trouble from his performers, and his daughter (Constance Moore) is torn between a wealthy cad and a charming ventriloquist, played by Edgar Bergen"--Container
  • It's a gift: "Harold Bissonette, a bungling, henpecked grocer dreaming of California's golden sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy an orange ranch--sight unseen. Along the way, he matches wits with dogs, children and chicken feathers, snatching success from the jaws of defeat at the last madcap minute"--Container
  • International house: "When a scientist in China invents a television, everyone around the globe clamors to purchase the rights to the mesmerizing new invention"--Container
  • Bank dick: "W.C. Fields is Egbert Souse, a lowly bank guard who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Cafe and his dreaded family. His humdrum life changes when fate leads him to heroism, Hollywood and the good life. Packed with classic routines, including a wacky cops and robbers chase"--Container
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
5 videodiscs (378 min.)
Note
  • The bank dick and My little chickadee were originally produced as motion pictures in 1940; You can't cheat an honest man, 1939; It's a gift, 1934; International house, 1933
  • Special features: W.C. Fields: behind the laughter; theatrical trailers
Contents
  • The bank dick
  • My little chickadee
  • You can't cheat an honest man
  • It's a gift
  • International house
Isbn
9781417015740
Instance
Label
W.C. Fields comedy collection
Title
W.C. Fields comedy collection
Statement of responsibility
Universal Pictures
Contributor
Actor
Director
Scenarist
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
  • My little chickadee: "The reputation of voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee (West) is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom. Forced to leave town until she can return married and respectable, Flowerbelle boards a train where she meets the incorrigible Guthbert J. Twillie (Fields) and soon accepts his marriage proposal. The hilarious adventures continue as the newlyweds journey to the Last Gasp saloon in this rollicking romp"--Container
  • You can't cheat an honest man: "W.C. Fields portrays Larson E. Whipsnade, ringmaster of the seedy circus Giganticus. Whipsnade gets nothing but trouble from his performers, and his daughter (Constance Moore) is torn between a wealthy cad and a charming ventriloquist, played by Edgar Bergen"--Container
  • It's a gift: "Harold Bissonette, a bungling, henpecked grocer dreaming of California's golden sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy an orange ranch--sight unseen. Along the way, he matches wits with dogs, children and chicken feathers, snatching success from the jaws of defeat at the last madcap minute"--Container
  • International house: "When a scientist in China invents a television, everyone around the globe clamors to purchase the rights to the mesmerizing new invention"--Container
  • Bank dick: "W.C. Fields is Egbert Souse, a lowly bank guard who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Cafe and his dreaded family. His humdrum life changes when fate leads him to heroism, Hollywood and the good life. Packed with classic routines, including a wacky cops and robbers chase"--Container
Member of
Cataloging source
IMD
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
  • Bank dick
  • My little chickadee
  • You can't cheat an honest man
  • It's a gift (Motion picture)
  • International house
Credits note
  • Bank dick: screenplay, Mahatma Kane Jeeves ; directory of photography, Milton Krasner ; director, Edward Cline
  • My little chickadee: screenplay, Mae West and W.C. Fields ; director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; producer, Lester Cowan ; director, Edward F. Cline
  • You can't cheat an honest man: screenplay, George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; story, Charles Bogle ; director of photography, Milton Krasner ; producer, Lester Cowan ; director, George, Marshall
  • It's a gift: screenplay, Jack Conningham ; story, Charles Bogle ; photographer, Henry Sharp ; producer, William LeBaron ; director, Norman McLeod
  • International house: screenplay, Francis Martin and Walter DeLeon ; story, Neil Brant and Louis E. Heifetz ; music and lyrics, Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin ; photography, Ernest Haller ; director, A. Edward Sutherland
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Soundtracks in English, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French
PerformerNote
  • Bank dick: W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard, Jessie Ralph, Richard Purcell, Cora Witherspoon, Grady Sutton
  • My little chickadee: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek
  • You can't cheat an honest man: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Rochester, Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore
  • It's a gift: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tom Bupp, Baby LeRoy, Tammany Young, Morgan Wallace, Charles Sellon, Josephine Whittell, T. Roy Barnes
  • International house: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Sari Maritza, Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd, Cab Calloway, Bela Lugosi, Baby Rose Marie, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Breese, Lumsden Hare, Sterling Holloway, Lona Andre
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1880-1946
  • 1892-1961
  • 1891-1975
  • 1898-1964
  • 1897-1973
  • 1903-1986
  • 1889-1958
  • 1895-1955
  • 1908-1944
  • 1890-1957
  • 1908-1995
  • 1897-1975
  • 1910-1979
  • 1896-1982
  • 1902-1985
  • 1878-1946
  • 1903-1978
  • 1905-1977
  • 1920-2005
  • 1884-1956
  • 1887-1936
  • 1881-1953
  • 1870-1937
  • 1883-1961
  • 1880-1937
  • 1893-1957
  • 1901-1986
  • 1903-1967
  • 1896-1996
  • 1902-1964
  • 1910-1987
  • 1897-1950
  • 1907-1994
  • 1882-1956
  • 1923-2017
  • 1875-1964
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Fields, W. C.
  • Cline, Edward
  • Marshall, George
  • McLeod, Norman Z.
  • Sutherland, A. Edward
  • Merkel, Una
  • Pangborn, Franklyn
  • Howard, Shemp
  • Ralph, Jessie
  • Purcell, Dick
  • Witherspoon, Cora
  • Sutton, Grady
  • West, Mae
  • Calleia, Joseph
  • Foran, Dick
  • Donnelly, Ruth
  • Hamilton, Margaret
  • Meek, Donald
  • Bergen, Edgar
  • Anderson, Eddie
  • Moore, Constance
  • Howard, Kathleen
  • Rouverol, Jean
  • Madison, Julian
  • Bupp, Tom
  • Baby Le Roy
  • Young, Tammany
  • Wallace, Morgan
  • Sellon, Charles
  • Whittell, Josephine
  • Barnes, T. Roy
  • Joyce, Peggy Hopkins
  • Vallée, Rudy
  • Erwin, Stuart
  • Burns, George
  • Allen, Gracie
  • Maritza, Sari
  • Taylor, F. Chase
  • Hulick, Budd
  • Calloway, Cab
  • Lugosi, Bela
  • Rose Marie
  • Breese, Edmund
  • Hare, Lumsden
  • Holloway, Sterling
  • Andre, Lona
  • Universal Pictures Company
  • Universal City Studios
Runtime
378
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Bank employees
  • Card players
  • Inventors
  • Empleados de banco
  • Inventores estadounidenses
  • Bank employees
  • Card players
  • Inventors
Technique
live action
Label
W.C. Fields comedy collection, Universal Pictures
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • The bank dick and My little chickadee were originally produced as motion pictures in 1940; You can't cheat an honest man, 1939; It's a gift, 1934; International house, 1933
  • Special features: W.C. Fields: behind the laughter; theatrical trailers
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The bank dick
  • My little chickadee
  • You can't cheat an honest man
  • It's a gift
  • International house
Control code
56906842
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
5 videodiscs (378 min.)
Governing access note
Educational and home use only
Isbn
9781417015740
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192578120
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
25781
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)56906842
System details
DVD, full screen presentations; Dolby Digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD
Label
W.C. Fields comedy collection, Universal Pictures
Publication
Note
  • The bank dick and My little chickadee were originally produced as motion pictures in 1940; You can't cheat an honest man, 1939; It's a gift, 1934; International house, 1933
  • Special features: W.C. Fields: behind the laughter; theatrical trailers
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The bank dick
  • My little chickadee
  • You can't cheat an honest man
  • It's a gift
  • International house
Control code
56906842
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
5 videodiscs (378 min.)
Governing access note
Educational and home use only
Isbn
9781417015740
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
025192578120
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
25781
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)56906842
System details
DVD, full screen presentations; Dolby Digital 2.0
Video recording format
DVD

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