Description
W.C. Fields Extravaganza DVD Disc 1. Comedy Talkie Shorts / Passport International Productions / DVD 3331
UPC 025493333190
REGION 0 NTSC DVD (All regions) - Black & White
MADE IN USA
AUDIO: English mono
TOTAL RUNTIME: 120 MINUTES
English Summary:
Disc 1:
COMEDY TALKIE SHORTS:
THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER 18 MINUTES B&W In this spoof of creaky melodramas, Fields is a pioneer in the Yukon, bemoaning the loss of son to drink and ruin because of the fatal glass of beer. This 1933 classic comedy short contained some of Fields most absurd humor, including the gag "And it aint a fit night out for man or beast."
THE GOLF SPECIALIST 20 MINUTES B&W This classic 1930 comedy short captures on film the comedy sketch performed by W.C. Fields in Ziegfelds Follies in the 1920s. Teaching a young lady to play golf, Fields is beset be dozens of distractions that prevents the golf ball from ever being struck, not least of which is the worst caddy in history. This short gets funnier with each viewing!
THE DENTIST 21:50 B&W Whether on the golf course in the dentist office, W.C. Fields wreaks havoc in this 1932 short made by the King of Comedy Mack Sennett. The notorious tooth-pulling scene which shocked audiences of the day and was later cut out of the film by order of the censors. Now it is restored to astonish audiences anew.
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his supposed contempt for children and dogs.
His career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He gradually incorporated comedy into his act and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels or henpecked everyman characters.
