W.C. Fields

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.

A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one time seeming innocent, have revealed, after decades, to have homosexual overtones.

Documentary directed by Joseph Adamson.

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.

A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions spanning from the 1930s through the 1980s.

Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.

Segunda parte de "Érase una vez en Hollywood". A diferencia del primer documental, sólo hay dos narradores: Gene Kelly y Fred Astaire. Incluye escenas de comedias y dramas en los que intervienen los hermanos Marx, Laurel y Hardy o Katharine Hepburn.

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.

Ken Murray narrates his 16mm home movies shot over 35 years in Hollywood.

Una recopilación de los momentos más divertidos de las comedias MGM.

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in the 30s and 40s.

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo at the end of the film.

As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressing room, the woman, Julia Westcolt, a friend of Ginny's, dashes backstage, discards her veil, and then congratulates her friend on their successful publicity stunt. When Ginny's press agents, Gus Crane and his son Junior, visit their client backstage, she brags about her feat and chides them for not being more creative in promoting her. Horrified at Ginny's brashness, Junior, a conservative Harvard graduate, chastises her and leaves the room.

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with normal kids. It doesn't take her long to discover that being "normal" isn't easy as it looks. When a crop is in danger of being ruined because there are not enough people to harvest it, the girl employs some of her famous colleagues to lend a hand. Songs include: "Too Much in Love," "Here It Is Monday," "Delightfully Dangerous," "Hawaiian War Chant" and "Notre Dame."

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, todos los estudios ponen "all-star" que incluía prácticamente todas las estrellas en los números musicales y sketches cómicos, y se entiende como la moral y refuerzos tanto las tropas en el extranjero y los civiles en el país. Este esfuerzo fue de Pictures Universal. Cuenta con todo el mundo,a Donald O'Connor a las Hermanas Andrews a Orson Welles a WC Fields a George Raft o Marlene Dietrich, y decenas de otros actores Universal.

A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

Película ambientada en Nueva York y dividida en varios episodios independientes, pero enlazados entre sí por un traje de hombre que va pasando de unas manos a otras. Cada personaje vive una aventura especial relacionada con el traje.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

Divertida comedia, de la que W. C. Fields tuvo el control casi absoluto. Aparte de ser el protagonista, el actor firmó el guión con el curioso seudónimo de Mahatma Kane Jeeves. En realidad la trama es completamente disparatada, casi mera excusa para acumular gags sobre el personaje de Egbert Sousé, una especie de 'alter ego' de Fields, o al menos de la imagen que tenía de él el gran público. El actor da vida a un borrachín, que por casualidad detiene a un atracador de bancos. A partir de ahí nace una fulgurante carrera de detective, prácticamente a su pesar, pues él incluso intenta participar en una estafa. (FILMAFFINITY)

Divertida comedia, de la que W. C. Fields tuvo el control casi absoluto. Aparte de ser el protagonista, el actor firmó el guión con el curioso seudónimo de Mahatma Kane Jeeves. En realidad la trama es completamente disparatada, casi mera excusa para acumular gags sobre el personaje de Egbert Sousé, una especie de 'alter ego' de Fields, o al menos de la imagen que tenía de él el gran público. El actor da vida a un borrachín, que por casualidad detiene a un atracador de bancos. A partir de ahí nace una fulgurante carrera de detective, prácticamente a su pesar, pues él incluso intenta participar en una estafa. (FILMAFFINITY)

This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a masked bandit who also takes the coach's shipment of gold. When he abducts Flower Belle and they arrive in town, Flower Belle is suspected of being in collusion with the bandit.

El señor Whipsnade dirige un circo de mala muerte y vive abrumado por las deudas. Además, los artistas sólo le crean problemas, y sólo puede permitirse enviar a sus hijos a un colegio pésimo. Su hija Vicky rechaza a un pretendiente fastidioso pero muy rico. Sin embargo, cuando se entera de las graves dificultades económicas de su padre cambia de idea.

El señor Whipsnade dirige un circo de mala muerte y vive abrumado por las deudas. Además, los artistas sólo le crean problemas, y sólo puede permitirse enviar a sus hijos a un colegio pésimo. Su hija Vicky rechaza a un pretendiente fastidioso pero muy rico. Sin embargo, cuando se entera de las graves dificultades económicas de su padre cambia de idea.

The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.

Un joven y pacifista cantante pierde a su novia al rechazar un duelo para defender su honor. Luego se enrola en un barco donde actuará bajo las órdenes de un capitán, tan pendenciero como de buen corazón.

Inglaterra, siglo XIX. Cuando el padre del joven David muere, su madre se vuelve a casar. Su padrastro es un hombre cruel que, después de enviudar, manda a David a Londres para que viva de su trabajo. Adaptación de la famosa novela de Charles Dickens. Obtuvo tres nominaciones a los Oscar, incluyendo la de mejor película.

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

Sam Bisbee es un inventor cuyos trabajos (por ejemplo, un buscador de cerraduras para borrachos) solo le han traído pobreza. Su hija está enamorada del hijo del snob del pueblo. Los acontecimientos conspiran para arruinar su neumático a prueba de balas justo cuando el éxito parece estar cerca. Otro de sus inventos le prohíbe suicidarse, por lo que Sam decide seguir viviendo.

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand dollars in a suitcase, hoping to rob Whinney on the road, but instead Whinney takes another road and is himself arrested in Nevada.

Historia de magia y fantasía en la que Alicia se adentra en el sorprendente País de las Maravillas y conoce a extraordinarios personajes como Tweedledee y Tweedledum, el Sombrerero Loco, La Reina de Corazones y el frenético Conejo Blanco. Adaptación de las novelas de Lewis Carroll.

Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's inheritance, including a ferry franchise and a boat. The only way to keep the franchise is to win a race against Pratt's boat.

Un barbero inepto mantiene su optimismo y buen humor en su pequeña tienda de la ciudad a pesar de tener a una bruja por esposa y a su total falta de habilidad en el vestir.

Un barbero inepto mantiene su optimismo y buen humor en su pequeña tienda de la ciudad a pesar de tener a una bruja por esposa y a su total falta de habilidad en el vestir.

Bobby Jones is playing golf with his buddies, oblivious to the fact that they are being watched by a drunken juggler.

El profesor Wong ha inventado un televisor e invita a todo el mundo a verlo durante una feria china. Cada vez que Tommy Nash intenta casarse con su novia cae enfermo, y cuando irrumpe en el hotel se decreta la cuarentena. A este hotel llega el profesor Quail en su autogiro...

Un farmacéutico calzonazos, acosado por su regañona esposa, una familia disfuncional y la exigente clientela, mantiene su paciencia y estoico optimismo bebiendo martinis con frecuencia. Su esposa y sus ensimismadas hijas muestran poco aprecio por sus esfuerzos por mantener su precario negocio con la venta de licor de contrabando por debajo del mostrador, a pesar de las sospechas del sheriff local.

Un farmacéutico calzonazos, acosado por su regañona esposa, una familia disfuncional y la exigente clientela, mantiene su paciencia y estoico optimismo bebiendo martinis con frecuencia. Su esposa y sus ensimismadas hijas muestran poco aprecio por sus esfuerzos por mantener su precario negocio con la venta de licor de contrabando por debajo del mostrador, a pesar de las sospechas del sheriff local.

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.

Features Chico Marx and W.C. Fields

An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.

An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.

Un millonario que está a punto de morir decide repartir su fortuna entre desconocidos cuyos nombres saca de la guía telefónica. Los afortunados emplean el dinero de diferentes formas: el oficinista plantará cara a su jefe, la prostituta intentará cambiar su vida, etc. Un filme compuesto por episodios en el que la Paramount empleó a sus mejores directores, James Cruze, H. Bruce Humberstone, Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Z. McLeod, Lothar Mendes, Stephen Roberts, William A. Seiter y Norman Taurog y a sus estrellas más relevantes como Charles Laugthon, Gary Cooper, George Raft, Jack Oakie o W. C. Fields. El mejor episodio es precisamente el dirigido por Lubitsch sobre la reacción de un oficinista al saberse repentinamente millonario, que interpreta Charles Laughton.

A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.

The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes to Berlin to marry a Baron von Schwarzdorf, and Fred arrives too late to stop the marriage.

At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.

At a Florida hotel, absconding miscreant J. Effingham Bellweather goes slapstick golfing with the house detective's flirtatious wife and an incompetent caddy.

Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is re-discovered.

The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.

Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.

Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle. Neither suitor gets Malarkey but manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) for a bundle.

Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.

Pa Potter invests four thousand dollars in worthless oil stock. Or is it worthless?

Gregory La Cava directs this comedy of errors, starring W.C. Fields as a hen-pecked, inebriated inventor who triumphantly creates unbreakable windshield glass while struggling to gain the respect of his social-climbing daughter and nagging wife.

Druggist Elmer Prettywillie is sleeping. A woman rings the night bell only to buy a two-cent stamp. Then garbage collectors waken him. Next it's firemen on a false alarm. And then a real fire.

Joan Royle, beautiful but naive model who came from the slums, falls for Fred Ketlar, the leader of a dance band. When Fred's estranged wife Adele is murdered, Fred is arrested and convicted of the crime. Joan believes that the real murderer is Baretta, a gangster who was keeping Adele as his mistress

Perdida durante mucho tiempo y restaurada recientemente, esta película es una de las escasas comedias en la carrera de D.W. Griffith. La trama gira en torno a un prisionero e ilusionista del circo que trata de impedir que su hija descubra que en realidad ha sido adoptada al morir su madre, una mujer de clase alta que se casó con un hombre del espectáculo sin consentimiento de sus padres. La muchacha se enamora de un joven de sociedad, con las complicaciones previsibles...

It is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of General Washington.

Two romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love. W.C. Field's debut film.

Two romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love. W.C. Field's debut film.