W.C. Fields comedy collection. Volume two [videorecording].



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You're telling me! originally released as a motion picture in 1934 ; The old fashioned way originally released as a motion picture in 1934 ; Man on the flying trapeze originally released as a motion picture in 1935 ; Poppy originally released as a motion picture in 1936 ; Never give a sucker an even break originally released as a motion picture in 1941. Special features include: interactive menus, scene selection, exclusive vintage documentary, trailers. You're telling me! adapted from a story by Julian Street; The old fashioned way is from a story by Charles Bogle; Man on the flying trapeze from a story by Charles Bogle and Sam Hardy; Poppy based upon a play by Dorothy Donnelly; and Never give a sucker an even break based on a story by Otis Criblecoblis. Title from container. Aspect ratio: 1.33:1. You're telling me!: photography, Alfred Gilks. The old fashioned way: photography, Benjamin Reynolds ; lyrics and music, Mack Gordon and Harry Revel. Man on the flying trapeze: photography, Alfred Gilks. Poppy: photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, Stuart Heisler ; music and lyrics by Ralph Rainger ... [et al.]. Never give a sucker an even break: director of photography, Charles van Enger ; film editor, Arthur Hilton ; music score, Frank Skinner. You're telling me!: W.C. Fields, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Joan Marsh, Adrienne Ames, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Tammany Young, Del Henderson, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Robert McKenzie, Nora Cecil, George Irving. Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch & Buddy, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Lang, Margaret Dumont. Man on the flying trapeze: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis, Lucien Littlefield. Poppy: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman. The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall. In English with optional English, Spanish and French subtitles ; closed-captioned.

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W.C. Fields comedy collection. Volume two [videorecording].
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Harris, Ray, 1885-1971.
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Poppy: W.C. Fields plays a charlatan who attempts to persuade an entire town that his daughter is actually heiress to an unclaimed fortune. , Man on the flying trapeze: Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss he needs to attend his mother-in-law's funeral. A series of mishaps lead his boss to send flowers to the house and notify papers of the death. , You're telling me!: Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around. , The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields is the Great McGonigle, manager of a theatrical troupe. Notorious for skipping out on bills and failing to pay actors, he next descends on a small town where he sets his sights on the hospitality of a wealthy widow. , Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film consists mainly of a series of flashbacks-- a number of disjointed, funny and bizarre scenes spoofing his own cinematic career, Hollywood and the filmmaking industry.
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2007
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