As a great lover of Dickens's novels, I find W C Fields to be the perfect Mr Micawber. I'm English and I don't find his American accent detracts from his performance. He's the definitive Micawber for me.
My parents showed me this movie in the late ‘80’s when I was a little kid and it’s been a family favorite ever since. That clip of him gagging on that piece of hair used to really gross me out back then.
My ex wife is from West Africa. She'd never heard of W.C. Fields. I wish I'd had a camera to take a photo of the look on her face when she watched his movies with me. She couldn't believe it.
Iconic comedian, and legendary drunk. Classic comedic actor, is Fields. I love the way his daughter goes in, and is ready to take off her earrings to fight the mob.
"What a wiicciup they have here!" A wicciup (sp?) is a circular hut made of bent poles by Native AMericans...can be used for a sweat lodge ceremony.....I helped build a couple
They didn't have the part where the mother fainted due to the snake and the father said "Someone get her a whisky." To which Fields shoots back: "Yeah, get me one, too."