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W.C. Fields Comedy Favorites Collection [DVD]
Genre | Musicals & Performing Arts/Musicals, Comedy |
Format | Box set, NTSC, Black & White, Multiple Formats |
Contributor | Mae West, Richard Purcell, Erle C. Kenton, Edgar Bergen, Jackie Searl, Budd, Fay Adler, Vera Lewis, Cab Calloway, Joseph Calleia, James Bush, Clyde Bruckman, Grady Sutton, Una Merkel, Leon Errol, Fuzzy Knight, Everett Freeman, A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Robertson, Constance Moore, Colonel Stoopnagle, Richard Cromwell, Walter DeLeon, Gloria Jean, Granville Bates, Rudy Vallee, Rochelle Hudson, Jessie Ralph, Gracie Allen, Franklin Pangborn, George Marion, Jr., Stuart Erwin, George Burns, Garnett Weston, William LeBaron, Norman Z. McLeod, George Moran, Margaret Hamilton, William Beaudine, George Marshall, Judith Allen, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Baby LeRoy, Edward F. Cline, Charlie McCarthy, Billy Lenhart, Richard Mack, Lester Cowan, Francis Martin, Mary Brian, Dick Foran, Cora Witherspoon, Joe Morrison, Paul Jones, Jack Cunningham, Donald Meek See more |
Initial release date | 2016-09-06 |
Language | English |
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Product Description
W.C. Fields is a true comedy legend and remains one of the most recognizable and beloved actors of all time. From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearances on radio, he created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of W.C. Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. The W.C. Fields Comedy Favorites Collection features 10 of his best films that continue to leave audiences of all ages laughing out loud. Disc 3 - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break:
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Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 ounces
- Director : Erle C. Kenton, Norman Z. McLeod, Edward F. Cline, Clyde Bruckman, A. Edward Sutherland
- Media Format : Box set, NTSC, Black & White, Multiple Formats
- Run time : 12 hours and 4 minutes
- Release date : September 6, 2016
- Actors : Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Mae West, Baby LeRoy, Edgar Bergen
- Subtitles: : English
- Producers : William LeBaron, Lester Cowan
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00BY0EBDC
- Writers : Walter DeLeon, Paul Jones, Jack Cunningham, Garnett Weston, George Marion, Jr.
- Number of discs : 3
- Best Sellers Rank: #21,427 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,547 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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I was surprised at how good some of these films looked! I've seen W.C. Fields on DVD before, and the films looked terrible. These are not 100% perfect by any means, but most of them look fine. They have clarity and not a lot of distracting imperfections. They also sound okay. Naturally, some are better than other, so see below. (This is subjective, of course. I've a 32" TV, so not a huge screen, and a regular old-fashioned BD player.)
Disk 1
• International House - This is what I bought the set for, and it looks very good except there are some white spots (film damage?). They look like white dust. Maybe film damage over the years? This movie didn't look great on Criterion Channel either, which is where I first saw it. In fact, the DVD looks better than streaming it at CC did.
• It's a Gift - looks good
• You're Telling Me! - looks good
• The Old-Fashioned Way - looks good
Disk 2
• Man on the Flying Trapeze - passable, not great
• Poppy - okay but not great
• You Can't Cheat an Honest Man - looks really good to me
Disk 3
• My Little Chickadee - looks really good to me
• The Bank Dick - looks good to me, but not as good as the other two films on the disk
• Never Give a Sucker an Even Break - looks really good
This is a great collection at a great price. You will get ten films for under ten dollars.
Some of the films are better than others in terms of plot and story, but Fields is always funny. A film titled "It's A Gift" is so very funny and is his best film. In this film he plays a hen-pecked husband. The collection is worth buying for this film alone.
Other good films in this collection include "My Little Chickadee" with Mae West and a film with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his puppet Charlie McCarthy.
Fields often snuck off-color jokes and humor past the censors. His saying, "Godfrey Daniel" when upset or startled is one of them. There are many more.
The collection includes a dated but worthwhile documentary about Fields and his films.
Not included in this collection is a short film he made titled "The Dentist." It is so very funny. It is worth your taking the time to find and watch on the internet.
The picture & sound are as good as the originals. There were often running vertical lines on movies of the time. The short Canadian made bio on disc 3 is pretty interesting too.
For some reason we get to see the Universal Pictures globe intro, not once but, twice before each movie.
Fields was, in his youth, the greatest juggler and balancer in the world. He made appearances all the way to Australia and South Africa, and finished it off with a royal command performance in England; movies were his time of ease and relaxation from the rigors of his exacting act. The comedy he added beside the wonders of his craft got big laughs and he was able to perfect his special brand of comedy in film. Known to be a drinker and portrayed as such, he didn't actually drink at first. It was because of the loneliness of touring that he kept alcohol in his room to attract people to keep him company. He must have gotten a taste for it from these impromptu parties and it stayed with him for the rest of his life. His continuation of the portrayal of a scoundrel was the continuation of the role that gave him a big break in the Broadway play: Poppy, where he played a shameless miscreant to the delight of the audience. Fields enjoyed the compensation the equivalent of $96,000 a week for his good-natured villainy. The Poppy movie is part of this wondrous collection; a story unlike any you will ever encounter in any other films. The ridiculous scenarios and bad treatment to him that we are supposed to swallow are immensely enjoyable for the audience to be a part of. Fields always gains our sympathy and support through a script that was obviously written by a scoundrel itself. The exaggeration makes a great point for those who are hurt by others; at least it felt as if it were that bad, looking back. Fields never made a film that gave us a break, and we are forever thankful.
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I'd like to obtain a copy of his short films but they seem to be geocoded so we in Australia missout.