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.
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.
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.
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
WC Field's was the star of INTERNATIONAL HOUSE (1933) with...yeah-you guessed it- Bela Lugosi!
(https://i.imgur.com/uC2RxXA.jpg) (https://lunapic.com)
That's Fields under the car. Bela is in back with the white Fedora.
Oh! Burns and Allen are on the roof!
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"