Holiday Gift Guide - W.C. Fields: Comedy Essentials Collection

W.C. Fields: Comedy Essentials Collection

Street Date: 10/13/2015

Format: DVD

# of Discs: 5

SRP: $99.98

Rating: Not Rated

Background:

•       Celebrating W.C. Field’s 100^th Anniversary in film.

•       Featuring a comprehensive 18-film collection of W.C. Fields comedies together for the first time ever:

•       Million Dollar Legs, If I Had a Million, International House, Tillie and Gus, Alice in Wonderland (1933), Six of a Kind, Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, You're Telling Me!, The Old Fashioned Way, It's a Gift, Mississippi, Man on the Flying Trapeze, Poppy, The Big Broadcast of 1938, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, My Little Chickadee, The Bank Dick and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

•       Co-starring silver-screen legends Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Bela Lugosi, Mae West, Bing Crosby and many more

•       Great for holiday gift-giving

•       Great value

Synopsis:

W.C. Fields is a true comedy legend and remains one of the most recognizable and beloved actors of all time. From his early days on stage in vaudeville and Broadway through his live appearances on radio, he created an iconic persona that has never been matched. The comic genius of W.C. Fields is best captured forever in his body of films that highlight his notoriously sarcastic quick wit and slapstick routines. The W.C. Fields: Comedy Essentials Collection features 18 of his best feature-length comedies that continue to leave audiences of all ages laughing out loud.  

My Thoughts

I just love WC Fields.  I grew up living with my grandparents, and I have so many fond memories of them watching his movies.  I didn't understand most of the humor back then, but I have a new appreciation for his style now.   This set includes a wide range of films that offer a type of  sarcastic wit that just doesn't exist in today's movies. The set includes eighteen full length features including:

Million Dollar Legs

 If I Had a Million, International House,

Tillie and Gus, Alice in Wonderland (1933)

 Six of a Kind

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

 You're Telling Me!

The Old Fashioned Way

 It's a Gift, Mississippi,

 Man on the Flying Trapeze

 Poppy

The Big Broadcast of 1938

 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man,

 My Little Chickadee

 The Bank Dick 

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

All of these films are classics and getting them all in one package set in a great deal.  It provides hours of slapstick humor that will have you belly laughing for days to come.