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W.C. Fields comedy collection. Volume two / Universal Pictures.
LIBRA DVD 005 463 discs 1-5
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Street, Julian, 1879-1947--Film adaptations.
- Street, Julian.
- Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946--Film adaptations.
- Fields, W. C.
- Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946.
- Street, Julian, 1879-1947.
- Motion picture industry.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- Wrestling matches.
- Theatrical companies.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Inventions.
- Inventors.
- Donnelly, Dorothy--Film adaptations.
- Donnelly, Dorothy.
- Inventors--Drama.
- Inventions--Drama.
- Theatrical producers and directors--Drama.
- Theatrical companies--Drama.
- Wrestling matches--Drama.
- Funeral rites and ceremonies--Drama.
- Impostors and imposture--Drama.
- Impostors and imposture.
- Inheritance and succession--Drama.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Motion picture industry--Drama.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Comedy films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 5 videodiscs (351 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Edition:
- Full frame.
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Language Note:
- English language, Spanish or French subtitles.
- Open-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono., single layer, dual layer (disc 5), NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby digital 2.0
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Poppy: W.C. Fields plays a charlatan who attempts to persuade an entire town that his daughter is actually heiress to an unclaimed fortune.
- 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.
- Contents:
- [Disc 1]: You're telling me! / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Walter De Leon and Paul M. Jones ; dialogue by J.P. McEvoy ; directed by Erle C. Kenton (67 min.)
- [Disc 2]: The old fashioned way / a Paramount picture ; story by Charles Bogle ; written by Galt Bell and Preston L. Shobe ; directed by William Beaudine (72 min.)
- [Disc 3]: Man on the flying trapeze / a Paramount picture ; produced by by William LeBaron ; screenplay by Ray Harris and Sam Hardy ; directed by Clyde Bruckman (67 min.)
- [Disc 4]: Poppy / a Paramount picture ; produced by William LeBaron ; written by Virginia Van Upp and Waldemar Young ; directed by A. Edward Sutherland (74 min.)
- [Disc 5]: Never give a sucker an even break / a Paramount picture ; screenplay by Prescott Chaplin & John T. Neville ; directed by Edward F. Cline (71 min.).
- Participant:
- 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.
- The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall.
- 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.
- Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch & Buddy, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Lang, Margaret Dumont.
- Notes:
- You're telling me! adapted from a story by Julian Street.
- 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.
- 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 feature: Exclusive vintage documentary.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Contains:
- You're telling me!
- Old fashioned way
- Man on the flying trapeze
- Poppy
- Never give a sucker an even break
- OCLC:
- 104632720
- Publisher Number:
- 025193230621
- 61032306 Universal Studios Home Entertainment
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