W.c. Fields Collection

a collection of films by the popular 1930s comedian. in `big broadcast of 1938`, fields plays t.f. bellows, owner of an ocean liner who challenges his rival to a race. in `the bank dick (1940), egbert souse (fields) is a henpecked husband who lands a job as a bank guard, only to try embezzling his employers. in `you can`t cheat an honest man` (1939), fields plays larson e. whipsnade, owner of a seedy circus perpetually in debt. in `my little chickadee` (1940), fields is cuthbert j.twillie, inveterate western con-man, installed as sheriff by town boss jeff badger (joseph calleia). in `man on the flying trapeze` (1935), hard-working, henpecked ambrose ambrose wolfinger (fields) takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences. in `mrs wiggs of the cabbage patch` (1934), fields plays the neighbour of down-at-heel mrs wiggs, who`s family is suffering through the depression. in `the old fashioned way` (1934), a penniless travelling theatre troupe fights to put on a production of `the drunkard`. in `you`re telling me!` (1934), sam bisbee (fields), a hard-drinking, socially-awkward inventor, wrecks his daughter`s chances of marriage into a rich family and bungles his own chances of success by selling one of his more practical inventions. in `six of a kind` (1934), the unsuspecting targets of a robbery end up being arrested by nuggetville sheriff `honest john` hoxley (fields). in `international house` (1933), professor henry quail (fields) and a cast of wacky characters converge on a chinese hotel to bid on a new invention...television. in `million dollar legs` (1932), fields plays the president of a small country on the verge of bankruptcy that decides to enter the olympics. in `if i had a million` (1932), a dying tycoon decides to give million-dollar handouts to eight people picked from the phone book. in mississippi` (1935), fields plays a riverboat singer lauded as a gunslinger after his opponent accidentally shoots himself. in `poppy` (1936), snake-oil salesman eustace mcgargle (fields) will do anything for his cherished daughter. in `never give a sucker an even break` (1941), fields travels to mexico to woo mrs hemogloben (margaret dumont), and hopefully sell a story to a film studio. in `it`s a gift` (1934), a henpecked new jersey grocer (fields) makes plans to move to california to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife. in `alice in wonderland` (1933), fields plays `humpty dumpty` in the lewis carroll classic. finally, in `tillie and gus` (1933) augustus winterbottom (fields) has to win a boat race against rival phineas pratt (clarence wilson) to stop him claiming a ferry franchise.