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W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields was one of the funniest physical comedians of the 20th Century. His round, cartoonish face and bumbling underachiever character instantly connected with cinema audiences throughout the world and made him one of the most popular actors of the early 20th Century.

He was trained as a juggler, and perfomed as an eccentric stage artist before turning to acting with the emergence of cinema technology. The characters he invented were often drunks, misanthropes and misfits, but nevertheless, amusing and highly comic.

A forerunner of Peter Sellers and Bill Hicks, he was a true comic individual.

His was born on January 29, 1880 in Philadelphia and died December 25, 1946.

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W.C. Fields - what members say

W.C. Fields - Classic Shorts review by A customer from South Wales

Oldies 30 June 2004
...If you like W.C. Fields, you will like all the classic shorts, but i think you have to be a fan of his sense of humour.... Read customer review

W.C. Fields - filmography

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break on DVD (1941)
Starring: W.C. Fields
Director: Edward F. Cline
Certificate:
Wacky adventure starring W.C. Fields, who embarks on various adventures across America and Mexico.

54% from 44 members

My Little Chickadee on DVD (1940)
Starring: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia
Director: Edward Cline
Certificate:
A pairing up of two comedy veterans in West and Fields makes for explosive entertainment.

62% from 162 members

David Copperfield (1935)
Starring: Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, W.C. Fields
Director: George Cukor
Certificate:
Otherwise known as "The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger", this 1935 version of the classic Charles Dickens tale stars some of the best actors of the time in it's retelling of the life of young Mr. Copperfield.

70% from 14 members
Currently unavailable

It's a Gift (1934)
Starring: Kathleen Howard, W.C. Fields
Director: Norman Z McLeod
Certificate:
The owner of a general store (Harold Bisonette) is hounded by his status-anxious wife ("That's 'Bee-soh-nay'" and "I have no maid you know"). To get some sleep he goes out on the porch where he is tormented by a little boy from the floor above (Baby Dunk) and an insurance salesman down below ("..read more »

36% from 23 members
Currently unavailable

Alice In Wonderland (1933)
Starring: Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Certificate:
This star-laden version of Lewis Carroll's novel combines elements of both the title novel and Carroll's sequel, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. In England of the 19th century, young Alice finds that the mirror over the library fireplace opens into a strange world. She has odd adventures and changes ..read more »

50% from 9 members
Not available for rental

W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust on DVD (1925)
Starring: W.C. Fields, Alfred Lunt, Carol Dempster
Director: D.W. Griffith
Certificate:
Acclaimed director D.W. Griffith (INTOLERANCE) took the helm of this silent version of the hit W.C. Fields stage play, and the result is an engaging blend of circus tomfoolery and typical Griffith-style family drama and class system indictment. Circus con man "Professor" Eustace McGargle (Fields) ..read more »

54% from 117 members

W.C. Fields Collection (10 discs) on DVD
Starring: W.C. Fields
Certificate:
Collection of W.C. Field films: Big Broadcast Of 1938 The Bank Dick You Can't Cheat an Honest Man My Little Chickadee Man on the Flying Trapeze Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch The Old Fashioned Way You're Telling Me! Six of a Kind International House Million Dollar Legs If I Had A Million ..read more »

66% from 231 members

Kings of Slapstick on DVD
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields
Certificate:
Features Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and W.C. Fields

57% from 8 members

W.C. Fields - Mixed Nuts on DVD
Starring: W.C. Fields
Director: Edwin Middleton
Certificate:
Includes the following: - An Affectionate Look At W.C. Fields - Pool Sharks - Cupid Gets His Man - W.C. Fields Film Follies Festival

38% from 31 members

W.C. Fields - Comedy Talkie Shorts on DVD
Starring: W.C. Fields
Director: Clyde Bruckman, Monte Brice
Certificate:
Includes the following: - The Fatal Glass Of Beer - The Golf Specialist - The Dentist

59% from 23 members

W.C. Fields - Classic Shorts on DVD
Starring: W.C. Fields
Director: Edwin Middleton, Monte Brice, Leslie Pearce
Certificate:
A collection of six early short comedies from W.C. Fields: POOL SHARKS (1915, silent), THE GOLF SPECIALIST (1930), THE DENTIST (1932, Mack Sennett), THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER (1933, Sennett), THE PHARMACIST (1933, Sennett), and THE BARBER SHOP (1933, Sennett).

58% from 299 members

W.C. Fields facts

5 most recent films

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break - 2.5 stars
My Little Chickadee - 3.0 stars
David Copperfield - 3.5 stars
It's a Gift - 2.0 stars
Alice In Wonderland - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

W.C. Fields Collection - 3.5 stars
My Little Chickadee - 3.0 stars
W.C. Fields - Classic Shorts - 3.0 stars
W.C. Fields - Sally Of The Sawdust - 2.5 stars
David Copperfield - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

W.C. Fields - Mixed Nuts - 2.0 stars
It's a Gift - 2.0 stars
Alice In Wonderland - 2.5 stars
Never Give A Sucker An Even Break - 2.5 stars
Kings of Slapstick - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Alfred Lunt - 2 times - show films
Carol Dempster - 2 times - show films
Effie Shannon - 2 times - show films
Dick Foran - 1 times - show films
Violet Kemble Cooper - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

none - 12 times - show films
Monte Brice - 3 times - show films
Clyde Bruckman - 2 times - show films
Leslie Pearce - 2 times - show films
Edwin Middleton - 2 times - show films