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W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Voyager Rare LaserDisc Silent Comedy

Pool Sharks Golf Specialist Fatal Glass of Beer and More

W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Voyager Rare LaserDisc Silent Comedy

Pool Sharks Golf Specialist Fatal Glass of Beer and More

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W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Voyager Rare LaserDisc Silent Comedy

Pool Sharks Golf Specialist Fatal Glass of Beer and More

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W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

( Catalog Number V1094L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis
1915 - 20 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A collection of six early short comedies from W.C. Fields: POOL SHARKS (1915, silent), THE GOLF SPECIALIST (1930), THE DENTIST (1932, Mack Sennett), THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER (1933, Sennett), THE PHARMACIST (1933, Sennett), and THE BARBER SHOP (1933, Sennett).

LaserDisc Movie Review:
W.C. Fields filmed Pool Sharks, his first film, while he was appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City. Fields and his rival (Bud Ross) are both in love with the same girl. They are constantly fighting over her. After disrupting a picnic, they decide to settle their dispute with a game of pool. After some amazing pool shots (via trick photography), they end up breaking pool sticks over each other's heads and throwing pool balls at each other. In the end, the girl spurns them both. This film is a disappointment to those who know Fields' character from later films, with Fields wearing a fake-looking moustache and acting more like Charlie Chaplin than his later, well-known personality from sound comedies ---- though he does dump a small child out of a chair so that he can steal it. The pool shots are done with stop-motion photography because his trick pool table was used on stage every night and could not be moved to the movie studio for the filming. Fields would make one more short and then would not work in movies again until 1924. ---- Bruce Calvert

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Cast for W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

Bud Ross - His Adversary
W.C. Fields - The Pool Shark

W.C. Fields - Mr. Snavely
Rosemary Thebv - Mrs. Snavely
Rychard Cramer - Officer Posthlewhistle
George Chandler - Chester the wastrel son
Artie Ortega - Indian
Jack Cooper - Officer
George Moran - Indian
Ernie Alexander - Student


W.C. Fields - Dentist
Babe Kane - Daughter
Arnold Gray - Arthur the iceman
Elise Cavanna - Patient (Miss Mason)
Dorothy Granger - Patient (Miss Peppitone)
Bud Jamison - Charley Frobisher
Emma Tansey - Old Lady
Joe Bordeaux - Caddy
Billy Bletcher - Bearded patient
Zedna Farley - Dental Assistant
Bobby Dunn - Dentist's Caddy
Harry Bowen - Joe, the pal
Chester Clute - Nervous patient

Dagmar Oakland
Harry Watson
Frank Yaconelli
W.C. Fields
Elise Cavanna

W.C. Fields
Babe Kane
Grady Sutton
Elise Cavanna
Lorena Carr

Crew for W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

Edwin Middleton - Director
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter


The Golf Specialist
1930 - USA - 20 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Monte Brice
Genre/Type Comedy, Anarchic Comedy, Slapstick



Monte Brice - Director
Louis Brock - Producer
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter
Frank Zucker - Cinematographer
Russell Shields - Editor


cc
1932 - USA - 18 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Clyde Bruckman
Genre/Type Comedy, Domestic Comedy, Reunion Films


Movie Review for LaserDisc LD:
The short comedy The Fatal Glass of Beer stars the legendary W.C. Fields as Mr. Snavely, a prospector who is awaiting the return of his prodigal son, Chester, who has been in prison for the last few years. The last time Snavely saw his son was when the boy consumed "The Fatal Glass of Beer," and set out to the Big City in order to pursue a hedonistic life. The film is meant as a spoof of Northern melodramas that Fields enthusiasts have come to regard as an almost surreal masterpiece. ---- Perry Seibert


Cast:
W.C. Fields - Mr. Snavely
Rosemary Thebv - Mrs. Snavely
Rychard Cramer - Officer Posthlewhistle
George Chandler - Chester the wastrel son
Artie Ortega - Indian
Jack Cooper - Officer
George Moran - Indian
Ernie Alexander - Student



Clyde Bruckman - Director
Mack Sennett - Producer
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter
Tim Moore - Screenwriter


The Dentist
1932 - USA - 22 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Leslie Pearce
Genre/Type Comedy, Satire, Anarchic Comedy
Produced by Republic


Movie Review for LaserDisc LD:
W.C. Fields stars as the subject of this classic comedy short, which he also wrote the screenplay for. The dentist is a misanthropic, absent-minded sort who keeps an office in the same house that he shares with his rebellious young daughter. One morning she announces that she has fallen in love with Arthur, the iceman. Fields won't have it, and scares the poor Romeo off when he tries to make his daily "delivery." The hubbub makes him late for his golf game. When he tees off, the ball knocks an elderly man out c

Feature Details

Title: W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis
Feature Release Date: 1915
Genre: Comedy
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 20 Minutes
Chapters: 8
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 23 Sep 1998
Catalog Number: V1094L
UPC: 715515007368
ISBN: 1559407115
Manufacturer: Kuraray
Publisher: Voyager

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: V1094L
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Near-Mint LaserDisc - Jacket with several large splits, several light folds & some shelf-wear

Dagmar Oakland, Harry Watson and W.C. Fields in...

W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

( Catalog Number V1094L )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis
1915 - 20 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
A collection of six early short comedies from W.C. Fields: POOL SHARKS (1915, silent), THE GOLF SPECIALIST (1930), THE DENTIST (1932, Mack Sennett), THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER (1933, Sennett), THE PHARMACIST (1933, Sennett), and THE BARBER SHOP (1933, Sennett).

LaserDisc Movie Review:
W.C. Fields filmed Pool Sharks, his first film, while he was appearing in the Ziegfeld Follies in New York City. Fields and his rival (Bud Ross) are both in love with the same girl. They are constantly fighting over her. After disrupting a picnic, they decide to settle their dispute with a game of pool. After some amazing pool shots (via trick photography), they end up breaking pool sticks over each other's heads and throwing pool balls at each other. In the end, the girl spurns them both. This film is a disappointment to those who know Fields' character from later films, with Fields wearing a fake-looking moustache and acting more like Charlie Chaplin than his later, well-known personality from sound comedies ---- though he does dump a small child out of a chair so that he can steal it. The pool shots are done with stop-motion photography because his trick pool table was used on stage every night and could not be moved to the movie studio for the filming. Fields would make one more short and then would not work in movies again until 1924. ---- Bruce Calvert

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Cast for W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

Bud Ross - His Adversary
W.C. Fields - The Pool Shark

W.C. Fields - Mr. Snavely
Rosemary Thebv - Mrs. Snavely
Rychard Cramer - Officer Posthlewhistle
George Chandler - Chester the wastrel son
Artie Ortega - Indian
Jack Cooper - Officer
George Moran - Indian
Ernie Alexander - Student


W.C. Fields - Dentist
Babe Kane - Daughter
Arnold Gray - Arthur the iceman
Elise Cavanna - Patient (Miss Mason)
Dorothy Granger - Patient (Miss Peppitone)
Bud Jamison - Charley Frobisher
Emma Tansey - Old Lady
Joe Bordeaux - Caddy
Billy Bletcher - Bearded patient
Zedna Farley - Dental Assistant
Bobby Dunn - Dentist's Caddy
Harry Bowen - Joe, the pal
Chester Clute - Nervous patient

Dagmar Oakland
Harry Watson
Frank Yaconelli
W.C. Fields
Elise Cavanna

W.C. Fields
Babe Kane
Grady Sutton
Elise Cavanna
Lorena Carr

Crew for W.C. Fields 6 Short Films Pool Sharks 1915 Golf Specialist 1930 Fatal Glass of Beer 1932 Dentist 1932 Barber Shop 1933 Pharmacis

Edwin Middleton - Director
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter


The Golf Specialist
1930 - USA - 20 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Monte Brice
Genre/Type Comedy, Anarchic Comedy, Slapstick



Monte Brice - Director
Louis Brock - Producer
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter
Frank Zucker - Cinematographer
Russell Shields - Editor


cc
1932 - USA - 18 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Clyde Bruckman
Genre/Type Comedy, Domestic Comedy, Reunion Films


Movie Review for LaserDisc LD:
The short comedy The Fatal Glass of Beer stars the legendary W.C. Fields as Mr. Snavely, a prospector who is awaiting the return of his prodigal son, Chester, who has been in prison for the last few years. The last time Snavely saw his son was when the boy consumed "The Fatal Glass of Beer," and set out to the Big City in order to pursue a hedonistic life. The film is meant as a spoof of Northern melodramas that Fields enthusiasts have come to regard as an almost surreal masterpiece. ---- Perry Seibert


Cast:
W.C. Fields - Mr. Snavely
Rosemary Thebv - Mrs. Snavely
Rychard Cramer - Officer Posthlewhistle
George Chandler - Chester the wastrel son
Artie Ortega - Indian
Jack Cooper - Officer
George Moran - Indian
Ernie Alexander - Student



Clyde Bruckman - Director
Mack Sennett - Producer
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter
Tim Moore - Screenwriter


The Dentist
1932 - USA - 22 min. - Feature, B&W
Director Leslie Pearce
Genre/Type Comedy, Satire, Anarchic Comedy
Produced by Republic


Movie Review for LaserDisc LD:
W.C. Fields stars as the subject of this classic comedy short, which he also wrote the screenplay for. The dentist is a misanthropic, absent-minded sort who keeps an office in the same house that he shares with his rebellious young daughter. One morning she announces that she has fallen in love with Arthur, the iceman. Fields won't have it, and scares the poor Romeo off when he tries to make his daily "delivery." The hubbub makes him late for his golf game. When he tees off, the ball knocks an elderly man out c

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