W.C. Fields comedy collection

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W.C. Fields comedy collection

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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

Cataloging source

IMD

Characteristic

videorecording

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

Runtime

378

Technique

live action

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