W.C. Fields comedy collection

Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946 (Actor, Scenarist). Cline, Edward, 1892-1961 (Director). Marshall, George, 1891-1975 (Director). McLeod, Norman Z., 1898-1964 (Director). Sutherland, A. Edward (Albert Edward), 1897-1973 (Director). Merkel, Una, 1903-1986 (Actor). Pangborn, Franklyn, 1889-1958 (Actor). Howard, Shemp, 1895-1955 (Actor). Ralph, Jessie. (Actor). Purcell, Dick, 1908-1944 (Actor). Witherspoon, Cora, 1890-1957 (Actor). Sutton, Grady, 1908-1995 (Actor). West, Mae. (Actor, Scenarist). Calleia, Joseph, 1897-1975 (Actor). Foran, Dick, 1910-1979 (Actor). Donnelly, Ruth, 1896-1982 (Actor). Hamilton, Margaret, 1902-1985 (Actor). Meek, Donald, 1880-1946 (Actor). Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978 (Actor). Anderson, Eddie, 1905-1977 (Actor). Moore, Constance, 1920-2005 (Added Author). Howard, Kathleen, 1884-1956 (Added Author). Rouverol, Jean. (Actor). Madison, Julian. (Actor). Bupp, Tom. (Actor). Baby Le Roy. (Actor). Young, Tammany, 1887-1936 (Actor). Wallace, Morgan, 1881-1953 (Actor). Sellon, Charles, 1870-1937 (Actor). Whittell, Josephine, 1883-1961 (Actor). Barnes, T. Roy, 1880-1937 (Actor). Joyce, Peggy Hopkins, 1893-1957 (Actor). Vallée, Rudy, 1901-1986 (Actor). Erwin, Stuart, 1903-1967 (Actor). Burns, George, 1896-1996 (Actor). Allen, Gracie, 1902-1964 (Actor). Maritza, Sari, 1910-1987 (Actor). Taylor, F. Chase (Frederick Chase), 1897-1950 (Actor). Hulick, Budd. (Actor). Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994 (Actor). Lugosi, Bela, 1882-1956 (Actor). Rose Marie, 1923- (Actor). Breese, Edmund. (Actor). Hare, Lumsden, 1875-1964 (Actor). Holloway, Sterling. (Actor). Andre, Lona. (Actor). Universal Pictures Company. (Added Author). Universal City Studios. (Added Author).

Summary: Bank dick: "W.C. Fields is Egbert Souse, a lowly bank guard who divides his time between the Black Pussy Cat Cafe and his dreaded family. His humdrum life changes when fate leads him to heroism, Hollywood and the good life. Packed with classic routines, including a wacky cops and robbers chase"--Container.

Item details

ISBN: 1417015748
ISBN: 9781417015740
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
5 videodiscs (378 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, c2004.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	The bank dick and My little chickadee were originally produced as motion pictures in 1940; You can't cheat an honest man, 1939; It's a gift, 1934; International house, 1933. Special features: W.C. Fields: behind the laughter; theatrical trailers.
Formatted Contents Note:	The bank dick -- My little chickadee -- You can't cheat an honest man -- It's a gift -- International house.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Bank dick: screenplay, Mahatma Kane Jeeves ; directory of photography, Milton Krasner ; director, Edward Cline. My little chickadee: screenplay, Mae West and W.C. Fields ; director of photography, Joseph Valentine ; producer, Lester Cowan ; director, Edward F. Cline. You can't cheat an honest man: screenplay, George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; story, Charles Bogle ; director of photography, Milton Krasner ; producer, Lester Cowan ; director, George, Marshall. It's a gift: screenplay, Jack Conningham ; story, Charles Bogle ; photographer, Henry Sharp ; producer, William LeBaron ; director, Norman McLeod. International house: screenplay, Francis Martin and Walter DeLeon ; story, Neil Brant and Louis E. Heifetz ; music and lyrics, Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin ; photography, Ernest Haller ; director, A. Edward Sutherland.
Participant or Performer Note:	Bank dick: W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard, Jessie Ralph, Richard Purcell, Cora Witherspoon, Grady Sutton. My little chickadee: Mae West, W.C. Fields, Joseph Calleia, Dick Foran, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek You can't cheat an honest man: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Rochester, Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore. It's a gift: W.C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Jean Rouverol, Julian Madison, Tom Bupp, Baby LeRoy, Tammany Young, Morgan Wallace, Charles Sellon, Josephine Whittell, T. Roy Barnes. International house: Peggy Hopkins Joyce, W.C. Fields, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Sari Maritza, Colonel Stoopnagle and Budd, Cab Calloway, Bela Lugosi, Baby Rose Marie, Franklin Pangborn, Edmund Breese, Lumsden Hare, Sterling Holloway, Lona Andre.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, full screen presentations; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Language Note:	Soundtracks in English, with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, or French.

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Currently available copies

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