The Fatal Glass of Beer

1933
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18min

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W.C. Fields in The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)

Parodia Western clásico Comedia Corto Western

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaThe prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

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W.C. Fields

Pa Snavely

Rosemary Theby

Ma Snavely

George Chandler

Chester Snavely - Their Son

Richard Cramer

Officer Posthlewhistle
(as Rychard Cramer)

Ernie Alexander

Student Drinker
(sin créditos)

Balto

Siberian Husky
(sin créditos)

Jack Cooper

Officer
(sin créditos)

Gordon Douglas

Student Drinker
(sin créditos)

Junior Fuller

Student Drinker
(sin créditos)

Marvin Loback

Bartender
(sin créditos)

George Moran

Indian Chief
(sin créditos)

Artie Ortego

Indian Chief
(sin créditos)

Ted Stroback

Student Drinker
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10llltdesq

An absolute gem and delightful to watch

This is quite possibly the crown jewel in the long and illustrious career of an extremely troubled and very funny man. Fields has a field day sending up a style of melodrama popular at the time. At one and the same time, this is atypical of Fields' work generally, but still has his fingerprints all over it as well. Highlights are far too numerous to list, but Fields's rendition of the song, "The Fatal Glass of Beer" (you can't really accurately call it singing), the running gag, "It ain't a fit night out for man or beast" and the ending are hilariously perfect, with a sense of timing of which Chaplin would have been proud. Most joyously recommended

7skeebwilcox

This Was My Recent Introduction To W.C. Fields

I grew up a fan of The Three Stooges...basically thinking that there was "no other comedy prior to 1960 besides them". Since that time, I still believe the Stooges, especially Shemp-era material, is the greatest comedy of all time. In the 1990's I came to appreciate the genius of Tim Moore & Spencer Williams. I have almost every episode of "The Amos 'n' Andy Show" and now consider them just a hair below the Stooges in terms of comic creativity.

Honesty needs to come into play here as I reveal that I had never seen a full W.C. Fields short or feature in my life prior to this year. My introduction to him was "The Fatal Glass Of Beer" and I am amazed at this short! Whereas most of the clips that I had ever seen of Fields turned me off from ever wanting to see anything else, this short makes me want to view his entire body of work.

If I had to make a short, this is probably what it would turn out to be like!

9carlgt1

My favorite Fields short

When I first saw this film I was wondering if it would be a spoof of Chaplin's "Gold Rush." However it's totally different. Fields is excellent and the film has a very good moral! ;-) I love the very sad song he sings which doesn't seem to have a rhyme in it.

One warning however, for DVD fans. The version I have was on a cheap DVD (along with "The Dentist" and "Golf Specialist"). Apparently, the company did a very bad job of porting the film over to digital because the soundtrack of every film is off by about 2 seconds. So the dialogue & sound effects are very mismatched. There is another company that puts out a DVD which is better quality but apparently while the overall quality is better, the version of "The Dentist" is censored & has cheezy music added in.

Snow Leopard

An Effective Blend of the Subtle & the Outlandish

With an effective blend of the subtle and the outlandish, this comedy is one of the most memorable and distinctive of W. C. Fields's short movies. It works well both as a spoof of movie-making techniques (especially from, but hardly limited to, the old melodramas), and also as a showcase for Fields's array of comic skills. There is the silly song about "The Fatal Glass of Beer", plenty of sight gags, the recurring "ain't a fit night out" gag, and more.

It all works even better when you watch it over again - Fields can be so unpredictable that you don't notice all the subtleties when you're still trying to figure out where it's all going. This one has plenty of good moments and also, despite its deceptively simple appearance, some careful craftsmanship.

10amosduncan_2000

W.C. Weird

This early short subject, beloved to some of us; really shows one of the great qualities that would set his (best) comedy apart: he was strange. Not exactly verbal comedy, nor really slapstick, W.C. seemed to create his own oddball universe much like, but never quite, ours.

I loved this short from the first time I saw it as a kid, and I think it's one of a kindness really makes it his best (though others are quite funny.) Mack Sennett wanted something more in the way of conventional slapstick; Feilds had to fight for this; which is in part a spoof of sentimental wilderness poetry about Alaska.

Nobody liked it at the time. Fields himself said, "maybe it's not good. But I like it." Thank Godness he stuck by his guns and went on to create his own one of a kind comedy world.

Trivia
Here are the lyrics to the song:

There was once a poor boy And he left his country home And he came to the city to look for work

He promised his ma and pa He would lead a civilized life And always shun the fatal curse of drink

Once in the city He got a situation in a quarry And there he made the acquaintance of some college students

He little thought they were demons For they wore the best of clothes But the clothes do not always make the gentleman

So they tempted him to drink And they said he was a cow'rd Until at last he took the fatal glass of beer

When he found what he'd done He dashed the glass upon the floor And he staggered through the door with delirium tremens

Once upon the sidewalk He met a Salvation Army girl And wickedly he broke her tambourine

All she said was, "Heaven bless you" And placed a mark upon his brow With a kick she'd learned before she had been saved

Now, as a moral to young men Who come down to the city Don't go 'round breaking people's tambourines.