W.C. Fields comedy collection. Volume two

DeLeon, Walter, (Added Author). Jones, Paul M. (Added Author). McEvoy, J. P. (Joseph Patrick), 1895-1958 (Added Author). Kenton, Erle C., 1896-1980 (Added Author). Fields, W. C. (William Claude) 1880-1946 (Added Author). Bell, Galt. (Added Author). Shobe, Preston L. (Added Author). Beaudine, William, 1892-1970 (Added Author). LeBaron, William, 1883-1958 (Added Author). Harris, Ray, 1885-1971 (Added Author). Hardy, Sam, 1883-1935 (Added Author). Bruckman, Clyde, 1894-1955 (Added Author). Van Upp, Virginia. (Added Author). Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938 (Added Author). Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973 (Added Author). Chaplin, Prescott, 1897-1968 (Added Author). Neville, John Thomas, 1886-1970 (Added Author). Cline, Edward, 1892-1961 (Added Author). Crabbe, Buster, 1908-1983 (Added Author). Marsh, Joan, 1913-2000 (Added Author). Ames, Adrienne, 1907-1947 (Added Author). Carter, Louise, 1875-1957 (Added Author). Howard, Kathleen, 1884-1956 (Added Author). Young, Tammany, 1887-1936 (Added Author). Henderson, Dell, 1877-1956 (Added Author). Kenton, James B. (Added Author). McKenzie, Robert, 1880-1949 (Added Author). Cecil, Nora, (Added Author). Irving, George, 1874-1961 (Added Author). Baby Le Roy. (Added Author). Morrison, Joe, 1904-1972 (Added Author). Evelyn, Judith, 1913-1967 (Added Author). Mulhall, Jack, 1887-1979 (Added Author). Brian, Mary, 1906-2002 (Added Author). Sutton, Grady, 1908-1995 (Added Author). Lewis, Vera, 1873-1956 (Added Author). Littlefield, Lucien, 1895-1960 (Added Author). Hudson, Rochelle, 1916-1972 (Added Author). Cromwell, Richard, 1910-1960 (Added Author). Bates, Granville, 1882-1940 (Added Author). Doucet, Catharine, 1875-1958 (Added Author). Overman, Lynne, 1887-1943 (Added Author). Jean, Gloria. (Added Author). Errol, Leon, 1881-1951 (Added Author). Miller, Susan (Added Author). Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958 (Added Author). Lang, Charles. (Added Author). Dumont, Margaret, 1882-1965 (Added Author). Street, Julian, 1879-1947 (Added Author). Donnelly, Dorothy, 1880-1928 Poppy. (Added Author). Universal Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Butch & Buddy. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927) (Added Author). 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. (Cast). The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall. (Cast). Man on the flying trapeze: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis, Lucien Littlefield. (Cast). Poppy: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman. (Cast). Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch & Buddy, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Lang, Margaret Dumont. (Cast).

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.

Item details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
5 videodiscs (351 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. 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.
Formatted Contents Note:	[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 or Performer Note:	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.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono., single layer, dual layer (disc 5), NTSC.
Language Note:	English language, Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.