W. C. Fields—Six Short Films
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
United States • English • 1933 • 1h 55m
This film is not currently available on the Criterion Channel
Directors
#79Criterion Collection →Leslie Pearce, Edwin Middleton, Arthur Ripley, Monte Brice, Clyde Bruckman
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.