W.C. Fields comedy favorites collection / Universal Studios.

From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearance on radio, W.C. Fields created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick r...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Universal Pictures (Firm)
Paramount Productions
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946 (Screenwriter, Actor)
Cunningham, Jack, 1882-1941 (Screenwriter)
LeBaron, William, 1883-1958 (Film producer)
Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973 (Film director)
McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964 (Film director)
DeLeon, Walter, 1884-1947 (Screenwriter)
Jones, Paul, 1901-1968 (Screenwriter)
McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958 (Screenwriter)
Kenton, Erle C., 1896-1980 (Film director)
Beaudine, William, 1892-1970 (Film director)
Harris, Ray, 1885-1971 (Screenwriter)
Hardy, Sam, 1883-1935 (Screenwriter)
Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955 (Film director)
Van Upp, Virginia (Screenwriter)
Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938 (Screenwriter)
Marion, George, Jr., 1899-1968 (Screenwriter)
Mack, Richard, 1900-1967 (Screenwriter)
Freeman, Everett (Screenwriter)
Cowan, Lester (Film producer)
Marshall, George, 1891-1975 (Film director)
West, Mae (Screenwriter)
Cline, Edward, 1892-1961 (Film director)
Chaplin, Prescott, 1897-1968 (Screenwriter)
Neville, John Thomas, 1886-1970 (Screenwriter)
Heifetz, Louis E., 1897-1964
Brant, Neil, 1903-
Donnelly, Dorothy, 1880-1928
Street, Julian, 1879-1947
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2013]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Marriage proposals > Drama.
Bank employees > Drama.
Screenwriters > Drama.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Circus > Drama.
Orange growers > California > Drama.
Eccentrics and eccentricities > Drama.
Television > Receivers and reception > Drama.
General stores > New Jersey > Drama.
Theater > Production and direction > Drama.
Bank employees.
Circus.
Eccentrics and eccentricities.
General stores.
Marriage proposals.
Orange growers.
Screenwriters.
Swindlers and swindling.
Television > Receivers and reception.
Theater > Production and direction.
Truthfulness and falsehood.
California.
New Jersey.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:3 videodiscs (725 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearance on radio, W.C. Fields created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. In these ten films, see W.C. Fields at his best.
Note:Title from container.
International house originally released as a motion picture in 1933 ; It's a gift, You're telling me! and The old fashioned way originally released as motion pictures in 1934 ; Man on the flying trapeze originally released as a motion picture in 1935 ; Poppy originally released as a motion picture in 1936 ; You can't cheat an honest man originally released as a motion picture in 1939 ; My little chickadee and The bank dick originally released as motion pictures in 1940 ; Never give a sucker an even break originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
International house: From a story by Lou Heifetz and Neil Brant ; It's a gift: Based upon a story by Charles Bogle ; Man on the flying trapeze: Based on original story by Charles Bogle ; Poppy: Based upon a play written by Dorothy Donnelly ; Never give a sucker an even break: Based on a story by Otis Criblecoblis.
Bonus feature: Vintage documentary: Wayne and Shuster take an affectionate look at W.C. Fields.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AR1 D0151924 VideoDVD
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details:DVD, region 1, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; dual layer.
Cast:
W.C. Fields and others.