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W.C. Fields Extravaganza DVD Disc 3. Mixed Nuts - / An affectionate Look at W.C. Fields, Pool Sharks, Cupid Gets his man, W.C. Fields film follies Festival / Passport International Productions / DVD 3333
UPC 025493333398
REGION 0 NTSC DVD (All regions) - Black & White
MADE IN USA
AUDIO: English mono
TOTAL RUNTIME: 45 MINUTES
English Summary:
DISC 3:
W.C. FIELDS MIXED NUTS AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT W.C. FIELDS 24 minutes B&W This 1965 tribute to the great man is hosted by comedians Wayne and Schuster, who tell stories about Fields and show clips from his greatest films.
POOL SHARKS 10 min. silent comedy short B&W In W.C. Fields 1916 movie debut, he plays a jovial rake in competition with another man for the affections of a pretty woman. They determine to decide the matter over a not-too-friendly pool game. Fields reprises his pool routine from his days at the Ziegfeld Follies and vaudeville. A rare comedy treat.
CUPID GETS HIS MAN 7:28 An ultra rare color cartoon with W.C. Fields as a dedicated woman hater (who would have thought it?) being paired up by determined cupids with a man-hating spinster, bearing a striking resemblance to actress Edna May Oliver. Will love triumph?
W.C. FIELDS FILM FOLLIES FESTIVAL: B&W & color APPROX. 15 MIN. NEED TITLE A collection of trailers and film clips from W.C. Fields greatest films, including : INTERNATIONAL HOUSE, TRT 02:52 earthquake 02:05:15 YOU CANT CHEAT AN HONEST MAN, TRT 01:33 MY LITTLE CHICKADEE TRT 01:33 THE BANK DICK, TRT 01:50 Fields coaching a game of checkers END 01:11:56 Promo: W.C. Fields Festival TRT 00:55 CHICKADEE GAME COMMERCIAL TRT 00:30
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.
