W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

115 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 2000

A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and, of course, the notorious The Dentist." Pool Sharks is his first film ever, released in 1915; the rest are all five of Fields’ talking shorts, released from 1930 to 1933.

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

115 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 2000

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and, of course, the notorious The Dentist." Pool Sharks is his first film ever, released in 1915; the rest are all five of Fields’ talking shorts, released from 1930 to 1933.
IMDb rating 7.3
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Original title W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
Directors Leslie Pearce, Monte Brice, Edwin Middleton, Arthur Ripley, Clyde Bruckman
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