W.C. Fields

[The Burgomaster]

I always liked W.C. Fields. His movies were on TV from time to time when I was a kid and I thought they were funny. But for some reason I never owned many of his movies. In fact, until recently the only movie of his I had on DVD was "The Bank Dick." But over the past month or so I got "Fields Fever." I bought the following blu-rays (and have others in my Amazon "save for later" list).

* It's a Gift
* Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
* You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
* You're Telling Me

One of my favorite scenes is from "It's a Gift." Fields (as Harold Bissonette) is in the kitchen talking to his daughter. His wife is in the dining room.

Harold - "Listen, you've all got to realize one thing, [lowers his voice to almost a whisper] that I am the Master of this house."

Wife - "Harold!"

Harold (meekly) - "Yes dear!"



And in another scene:

Man: "You're drunk!"

Harold : "And you're crazy. But I'll be sober tomorrow and you'll be crazy for the rest of your life."


Funny guy. I'm looking forward to buying more.

[Rev. Powell]

Love him. Particularly fond of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break." For a lot of the rest of them, I tend to remember certain gags or one-liners, but not the whole movie.

[Dr. Whom]

Same here. My favorite quote is from My Little Chickadee, where he is sitting in a saloon, dealing cards. A man approached the table and asks
-Is this a game of chance?
- Not the way I play it.

[lester1/2jr]

I remember one movie, he walks into his house and gets lost in this macrame plant holder. it was funny there was some other good stuff

[RCMerchant]

WC Field's was the star of INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933) with...yeah-you guessed it- Bela Lugosi!





That's Fields under the car. Bela is in back with the white Fedora.

Oh! Burns and Allen are on the roof!

[lester1/2jr]

I remember a joke from International House

the doctor is looking for his stethoscope and asks the ditzy nurse: Nurse have you seen my stethoscope?

she goes "I'll look at it later"