W.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 [5 Discs] [DVD]
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Description
The second volume of W.C. Fields movies from Universal fills in the glaring hole -- Nevr Give A Sucker An Even Break -- left by its preecessor and supplements it on the same disc with a vintage documentary, an hour-long tribute to Fields by comics Johnny Wayne and Frank Schuster, who mostly utilize clips from his various movies (most of which are on this or the other volume), most of which will be familiar to longtime fans. The collection contains some of Fields' most interesting, if not his very best movies -- the seldom seen You're Telling Me and the better known The Man On the Flying Trapeze, The Old Fashioned Way, Poppy and Never Give A Sucker An Even Break. These are well transferred (full-screen, of course -- 1.33-to-1) and chaptered with reasonable generosity, and the sound is clean if not set at an especially high volume. One heartily wishes that Never Give A Sucker An Even Break would have gotten a commentary track, as it's so bizarre a movie that one would love to see how a scholar would deal with it -- but there are no such bonus features here. Still, the material is so funny and so well done that it's still a bargain and well worth the expense, which will be self-evident to anyone who's ever laughed at Fields' movies.
Features
Exclusive vintage documentary
Details
- GenreDrama
- SubgenreMelodrama
- TitleThe Old-Fashioned Way
- Countries ProducedUnited States
- Duration66 minutes
- Year of Release1934
- Product Tags5 Discs, DVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Screen FormatBlack & White
- Aspect Ratio1.33:1
- LanguageEnglish
- SubtitlesEnglish, French, Spanish
- Region Code1
- StudioUniversal Studios
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- Product NameW.C. Fields Comedy Collection, Vol. 2 [5 Discs] [DVD]
- UPC025193230621
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