W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
7.3
6 votes
January 1, 2000
1h 55m
Overview
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.
Directed by
Leslie Pearce, Edwin Middleton, Arthur Ripley, Monte Brice, Clyde Bruckman
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