W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

January 29, 1880

William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (…

Known For

14 titles
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The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940 · 1h 12m · Movie

Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.

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2
It's a Gift

It's a Gift

1934 · 1h 8m · Movie

A henpecked New Jersey grocer makes plans to move to California to grow oranges, despite the resistance of his overbearing wife.

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3
My Little Chickadee

My Little Chickadee

1940 · 1h 23m · Movie

After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

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4
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · 1h 16m · Movie

In Victorian England a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland populated by fantastical characters.

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5
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

1941 · 1h 11m · Movie

A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

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6
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932 · 1h 28m · Movie

A dying tycoon gives million-dollar windfalls to eight people picked from the city directory.

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7
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939 · 1h 19m · Movie

The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.

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The Fatal Glass of Beer

The Fatal Glass of Beer

1933 · 18m · Movie

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

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9
The Dentist

The Dentist

1932 · 21m · Movie

An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.

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10
International House

International House

1933 · 1h 8m · Movie

Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention: television.

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The Old Fashioned Way

The Old Fashioned Way

1934 · 1h 11m · Movie

The Great McGonigle and his troupe of third-rate vaudevillians manage to stay one step ahead of the bill collectors and the sheriff.

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12
The Pharmacist

The Pharmacist

1933 · 19m · Movie

A henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.

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13
The Barber Shop

The Barber Shop

1933 · 21m · Movie

An inept barber maintains his good-humored optimism in his small town shop despite having a hen-pecking harridan for a wife and a total lack of tonsorial skill.

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Running Wild

Running Wild

1927 · 1h 8m · Movie

Cowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After hypnosis he is domineering. He enters a contract with a fifteen-thousand dollar payoff, so his courage can last beyond the hypnosis.

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