His mumblings were creatively amazing ! He got started with those remarks, while he was doing his juggling act. He discovered that if he started saying things to himself, people found it amazingly funny , so it became the main part of his act.
WC Fields was a truly one of the greats! Thanks for posting his films here so we can all enjoy them. By the way,do you know a man by the name of LaFong? Carl LaFong? Capital L,small a,capital F,small o,small,small g. LaFong,Carl LaFong.
Possibly his best remark was when he was in his deathbed. A friend arrived to visit and saw the notorious athiest reading a bible. “Fields, a bible?” Fields said, “Looking for loopholes.”
W C Fields still had that knack today to put a smile and chuckle in your day. Note a lot of personal comments on how he was this or that and true he was no angel that makes him all the more interesting a character in Hollywood history.
Thnx William Claude for uploading. For WC fans, just to note that 30 sec of film or more is missing after cop says "whatever anybody tells you to do ...." .. It's the cop's invective to WC very funny - "it's my beat, got me?" More funny interchange and response with WC after which cop says: "Get lost! Beat it! You understand?" WC very cowed, "yes sir, yes sir." The missing footage is a study in torture for WC which is maybe why it was removed.
Great scene when the traffic cop has him pull over to the curb,then he runs into a parked police officers motor cycle and gets 2 tickets at the same time. lol
greatest line ever in a fields film occurs in this! oddly not from the great wc! the princess rushes up to fields wife to tell her he is now promoted and has a huge fortune! she says i have the most wonderful news you could ever imagine! his wife replies hopefully what?is my husband dead? brilliant!
My mistake. John Wayne already was an establised star in 1935, so it's unlikely that he would take a small role like this one and I also think John Wayne worked at another production company.
The third cop is James Burke, who specialized in playing cops, though usually of the plain-clothed variety. If you go to IMDB and look at his filmography, you'll be astounded by the number of films stereotyped actors like Burke could be in in one year. He was the hotel detective in the "Maltese Falcon" and also gave a very accomplished performance as the sheriff in "Nightmare Alley".
