W.C. Fields comedy collection. Volume two
(DVD) 

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Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007].
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Published
Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (351 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
025193230621

Notes

General Note
Man on the flying trapeze based on original story by Charles Bogle.
General Note
Never give a sucker an even break based on a story by Otis Criblecoblis.
General Note
Poppy based upon a play written by Dorothy Donnelly.
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Special feature: Exclusive vintage documentary.
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Title from container.
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You're telling me! adapted from a story by Julian Street.
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You're telling me! originally released as a motion picture in 1934 ; The old fashioned way originally released as a motion picture in 1934 ; Man on the flying trapeze originally released as a motion picture in 1935 ; Poppy originally released as a motion picture in 1936 ; Never give a sucker an even break originally released as a motion picture in 1941.
Participants/Performers
Man on the flying trapeze: W.C. Fields, Mary Brian, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Vera Lewis, Lucien Littlefield.
Participants/Performers
Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Butch & Buddy, Susan Miller, Franklin Pangborn, Charles Lang, Margaret Dumont.
Participants/Performers
Poppy: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Granville Bates, Catharine Doucet, Lynne Overman.
Participants/Performers
The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall.
Participants/Performers
You're telling me: W.C. Fields, Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Joan Marsh, Adrienne Ames, Louise Carter, Kathleen Howard, Tammany Young, Del Henderson, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Robert McKenzie, Nora Cecil, George Irving.
Description
Man on the flying trapeze: Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss he needs to attend his mother-in-law's funeral. A series of mishaps lead his boss to send flowers to the house and notify papers of the death.
Description
Never give a sucker an even break: W.C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film consists mainly of a series of flashbacks-- a number of disjointed, funny and bizarre scenes spoofing his own cinematic career, Hollywood and the filmmaking industry.
Description
Poppy: W.C. Fields plays a charlatan who attempts to persuade an entire town that his daughter is actually heiress to an unclaimed fortune.
Description
The old fashioned way: W.C. Fields is the Great McGonigle, manager of a theatrical troupe. Notorious for skipping out on bills and failing to pay actors, he next descends on a small town where he sets his sights on the hospitality of a wealthy widow.
Description
You're telling me!: Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono., single layer, dual layer (disc 5), NTSC.
Language
English language, Spanish or French subtitles; Closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Baby Le Roy., Ames, A., Bates, G., Beaudine, W., Bell, G., Brian, M., Bruckman, C., Carter, L., Cecil, N., Chaplin, P., Cline, E., Crabbe, B., Cromwell, R., DeLeon, W., Donnelly, D., Doucet, C., Dumont, M., Errol, L., Evelyn, J., Fields, W. C. 1., Hardy, S., Harris, R., Henderson, D., Howard, K., Hudson, R., Irving, G., Jean, G., Jones, P. M., Kenton, E. C., Kenton, J. B., Lang, C., LeBaron, W., Lewis, V., Littlefield, L., Marsh, J., McEvoy, J. P. 1., McKenzie, R., Miller, S., Morrison, J., Mulhall, J., Neville, J. T., Overman, L., Pangborn, F., Shobe, P. L., Street, J., Sutherland, A. E. 1., Sutton, G., Van Upp, V., Young, T., & Young, W. (2007). W.C. Fields comedy collection . Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baby Le Roy et al.. 2007. W.C. Fields Comedy Collection. Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Baby Le Roy et al.. W.C. Fields Comedy Collection Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Baby Le Roy., et al. W.C. Fields Comedy Collection Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2007.

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