Lot of 4 W.C. Fields Laserdiscs Six Short Films Bank Dick My Little Chickadee E1

Discs in Excellent/Mint condition.  Some covers have very minor cornerwear.


This/These Laserdiscs come from a collection of over 10,000 movies I obtained at an Estate Sale in Ft. Lauderdale.  Every Laserdisc, Blu Ray and DVD in this collection is in mint condition, I have looked at hundreds of these discs and NONE of them have any scratching, dirt or smudging at all.  Labeling all from this collection with tagwords: FLFL Estate

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The Bank Dick
1949 - 73 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy

LaserDisc Movie Review:
This Abbott & Costello vehicle was originally planned as a Bob Hope comedy titled Easy Does It. The Hope role is fairly evenly divided between Bud Abbott, as hotel house detective Casey Edwards, and Lou Costello, as bumbling bellhop Lou Costello. When a much-hated criminal attorney (Nicholas Joy) is murdered at a resort hotel, there's no shortage of suspects: in fact, practically every guest had an excellent motive for killing the victim. The suspects conspire to pin the killing on poor Freddie, but when he comes in possession of a valuable piece of evidence, he is slated for extermination himself. The more Freddie and his pal Casey try to stay out of trouble, the more trouble comes their way---especially when two more murders occur. The climax takes place in an underground cavern, where Freddie is nearly drowned by the hooded mystery killer. The film's title is one of the most misleading in movie history. Cast as a red-herring swami, Boris Karloff is not the killer (whose true identity is obvious from the outset, especially to veteran moviegoers). Though his footage is extremely limited, Karloff shares the film's funniest scene, in which he tries to hypnotize Costello into committing suicide ("You'll kill yourself if it's the last thing you do!

The biggest problem with Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff is that for the most part it isn't very funny. The gags are tired and the story tedious, particularly when combined with Lou Costello's unrelenting camera mugging. What few good moments the film has are generated by Karloff, but even then he's much constrained by the film's formulaic script and pedestrian production values. Fortunately, the film does have one fine comedic scene in which Karloff, as a swami mentalist, attempts to hypnotize hotel-bellboy and crime witness Costello. Unlike the remainder of the film, which is overly cluttered with broad pratfalls and sloppy timing, in this scene the horror star and the comedian find the right tone and pacing. Fans of Karloff will want to catch Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff for his performance. Otherwise, all but the most hardcore Abbott & Costello fans are likely to find the film uninteresting

Cast for The Bank Dick

W.C. Fields - Egbert Souse
Cora Witherspoon - Agatha Souse
Una Merkel - Myrtle Souse
Evelyn del Rio - Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Souse
Jessie Ralph - Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn - J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Grady Sutton - Og Oggilby
Shemp Howard - Joe Guelpe
Russell Hicks - J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin - Mr. Skinner
Al Hill - Repulsive Rogan
George Moran - Loudmouth McNasty
Bill Wolfe - Otis
Jack Norton - A. Pismo Clam
Pat West - Assistant Director
Reed Hadley - Francois, leading man
Heather Wilde - Miss Plupp
Harlan Briggs - Doctor Stall
Vangie Beilby - Old lady with dog
Kay Sutton - Young Woman on Bench
Emma Tansey - Old woman on bench
Charles Sullivan - Driver
Margaret Seddon - Old lady in car
Eddie Acuff - Reporter
Lowden Adams - Francois' valet
Mary Field - Woman
Frankie Van - Director's helper
Dorothy Vernon - Old lady
Max Wagner - Shirtless ditchdigger
Emmett Vogan - Hotel Desk Clerk
Fay Holderness - Lady passerby
Billy Mitchell - Black Bank Customer
Jack Clifford - Cop
George Moran - Cozy Cochran
Eddie Dunn - James, the Chauffeur
Jan Duggan - Woman in Bank
Bobby Larson - Boy in Bank
Dick Purcell - Mackley Q. Greene
David Oliver - Straw-hatted teller
Nora Cecil - Ladies Auxiliary
Patsy Moran - Lady with fruit hat
Joe North - Butler
Pat O'Malley - Cop
Al Hill - Filthy McNasty



Crew for The Bank Dick

Edward F. Cline - Director
W.C. Fields - Screenwriter
Milton Krasner - Cinematographer
Charles Previn - Composer (Music Score)
Arthur D. Hilton - Editor
Richard H. Riedel - Production Designer
Jack Otterson - Art Director
Vera West - Costume Designer



Awards for The Bank Dick

U.S. National Film Registry (win) 1992 Library of Congress

LD Release Date: 17 Feb 1993
Catalog Number: 40661
UPC: 096894066161
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Encore Edition
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

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

My Little Chickadee
1940 - 84 min. - Black and White
Genre: Western
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
Comedy greats W.C. Fields and Mae West co-wrote the script for this, their first and only film together, and the result is some hilarious verbal sparring in the guise of a traditional western. The plot has Flowerbelle Lee (West) and Cuthbert J. Twillie (Fields) meeting onboard a train where they undergo a sham wedding and are attacked by Indians. They settle in the town of Dry Gulch, where Cuthbert ends up sheriff as a result of his endless bragging at the poker table. He also bartends at the local saloon, where he tangles with an inebriated Mrs. "Pygmy" Allen (Fay Adler). Flowerbelle meanwhile teaches school, sings "Lily of the Valley," and goes after younger men like Wayne Carter (Dick Foran) and Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia). When Cuthbert gets mistaken for a masked bandit it's up to Flowerbelle to strap on a pair of six-shooters and ride to his rescue. This might seem like a lot of plot, but the two stars still have plenty of room to breathe, thanks to the relaxed direction of Eddie Cline.

Cast for My Little Chickadee

Mae West
W.C. Fields
Joseph Calleia
Dick Foran
Margaret Hamilton
George Moran
Si Jenks
Gene Austin
Fuzzy Knight



Crew for My Little Chickadee

Director Edward Cline
Producer Lester Cowan
Composer Frank Skinner



Catalog Number: 22016
UPC: 025192201660
ISBN: 1-55880-623-7
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Encore Edition
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

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

W.C. Fields 6 Short Films
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.

Cast for W.C. Fields 6 Short Films

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

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

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

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941 - 71 min. - Black and White
Genre: Comedy
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Review:
W.C. Fields heads to Esoteric studios to pitch a story idea to producer Franklin Pangborn. The producer wants to make a conventional romantic musical starring Fields' niece, teen-aged soprano Gloria Jean, but "The Great Man" has other ideas. As Pangborn sits in dumbfounded silence, Fields unravels an incoherent farrago which begins with him travelling to a Russian colony in Mexico--by way of an airliner with an open observation platform. Fields dives from the plane when his precious flask of gin falls overboard; he lands safely at the mountaintop mansion of the formidable Mrs. Hemoglobin (Margaret Dumont). Playing a kissing game with Hemoglobin's beauteous daughter (Susan Miller), who has never seen a man before, Fields decides to make a quick exit when Mama wants to get in on the game too. Reunited with Gloria Jean in the Russian colony, Fields learns that Mrs. Hemoglobin is worth millions, so he climbs back up the mountain, ignoring such obstacles as a displaced African gorilla. Disposing of his rival Leon Errol, Fields is about to wed Mrs. Hemoglobin, but is talked out of it at the last moment by Gloria Jean. At this point in the narrative, producer Pangborn can stand no more. He tells Fields to take his nonsensical screenplay and vacate the premises. After a brief episode at a soda fountain ("This scene was supposed to be in a saloon, but the censors made us cut it out"), Fields drives off to new adventures with his niece--but not before a zany slapstick car-chase finale, prompted by Fields' mistaken belief that he's rushing a corpulent middle-aged lady to the maternity hospital. W. C. Fields' original screenplay for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (written under the fanciful pseudonym of Otis Criblecoblis) made a lot more sense than what ended up on screen, but Fields' extended absences from the studio, coupled with Universal's desire to reshape the film into a vehicle for their new star Gloria Jean, necessitated a complete restructuring of the plot. While hardly Fields' best or most representative film, Sucker is an excellent example of the sort of nonsensical "nut" humor in vogue in 1941 thanks to Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin'. And, occasionally, the film stands still long enough to allow W. C. Fields to mutter a priceless aside or toss off a perfectly timed double-take.

Cast for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

W.C. Fields
Gloria Jean
Leon Errol
Billy Lenhart
Kenneth Brown
Margaret Dumont
Susan Miller
Franklin Pangborn
Mona Barrie
Charles Lang
Anne Nagel
Nell O'Day
Irving Bacon
Jody Gilbert
Minerva Urecal
Emmett Vogan
Carlotta Monti


Crew for Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Writer Prescott Chaplin
Writer W.C. Fields
Writer John T. Neville
Director of Photography Charles Van Enger
Composer Frank Skinner
Costume Designer Vera West
Director Edward F. Cline
Editor Arthur Hilton


Catalog Number: 22015
UPC: 025192220159
ISBN: none
Manufacturer: Pioneer USA
Collection: Encore Edition
Publisher: MCA/Universal Home Video

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