| Description |
3 videodiscs (725 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; dual layer. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Cast |
W.C. Fields. |
| Credits |
The bank dick: Cameraman, Milton Krasner ; art director, Jack Otterson. |
| Note |
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. |
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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. |
| Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. International house / Paramount Picture ; screenplay by Jack Cunningham ; produced by William LeBaron ; directed by Edward Sutherland ; It's a gift / screenplay by Jack Cummingham ; produced by William LeBaron ; directed by Norman McLeod ; You're telling me! / screenplay by Walter de Leon and Paul M. Jones ; dialogue by J.P. McEvoy ; adapted from a story by Julian Street ; directed by Erle C. Kenton ; The old fashioned way / story by Charles Bogle ; written by Galt Bell and Preston L. Shobe ; directed by William Beaudine -- disc 2. Man on the flying trapeze / screenplay by Ray Harris and Sam Hardy ; directed by Clyde Bruckman ; produced by William LeBaron ; Poppy / written by Virginia van Upp and Waldemar Young ; directed by A. Edward Sutherland ; produced by William LeBaron ; You can't cheat an honest man / screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; story by Charles Bogle ; produced by Lester Cowan ; directed by George Marshall -- disc 3. My little chickadee / original screenplay by Mae West and W.C. Fields ; produced by Lester Cowan ; directed by Edward Cline ; The bank dick / directed by Edward Cline ; original screenplay by Mahatma Kane Jeeves ; Never give a sucker an even break / screenplay by Prescott Chaplin & John T. Neville ; directed by Edward F. Cline. |
| Note |
Bonus feature: Vintage documentary: Wayne and Shuster take an affectionate look at W.C. Fields. |
| Language |
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Marriage proposals -- Drama.
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Bank employees -- Drama.
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Screenwriters -- Drama.
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Truthfulness and falsehood -- Drama.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
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Circus -- Drama.
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Orange growers -- California -- Drama.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Drama.
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Television -- Receivers and reception -- Drama.
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General stores -- New Jersey -- Drama.
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Theater -- Production and direction -- Drama.
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General stores. (OCoLC)fst00939827
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Television -- Receivers and reception.
(OCoLC)fst01146597
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Theater -- Production and direction.
(OCoLC)fst01149278
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New Jersey. (OCoLC)fst01208379
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Comedy films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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| Added Author |
Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946.
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Heifetz, Lou.
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Brant, Neil, 1903-
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Donnelly, Dorothy, 1880-1928.
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Cunningham, Jack, 1882-1941.
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LeBaron, William, 1883-1958.
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Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973.
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McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964.
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DeLeon, Walter, 1884-1947.
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Jones, Paul M.
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McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958.
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Street, Julian, 1879-1947.
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Kenton, Erle C., 1896-1980.
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Bell, Galt.
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Shobe, Preston L.
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Beaudine, William, 1892-1970.
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Harris, Ray, 1885-1971.
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Hardy, Sam, 1883-1935.
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Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955.
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Van Upp, Virginia.
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Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938.
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Marion, George, Jr., 1899-1968
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Mack, Richard.
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Freeman, Everett.
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Cowan, Lester.
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Marshall, George, 1891-1975.
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West, Mae.
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Cline, Edward, 1892-1961.
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Chaplin, Prescott, 1897-1968.
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Neville, John Thomas, 1886-1970.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Paramount Productions.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
W.C. Fields comedy favorites collection |
| ISBN |
$11.96 |
| Standard No. |
025192175770 |
| Music No. |
61125445 Universal Studios Home Entertainment |
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