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My Little Chickadee

  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1h 23m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
6,8/10
3,3 k
MA NOTE
W.C. Fields and Mae West in My Little Chickadee (1940)
After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
Liretrailer1 min 38 s
1 vidéo
36 photos
ComedyWestern

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAfter a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.

  • Director
    • Edward F. Cline
  • Writers
    • Mae West
    • W.C. Fields
  • Stars
    • Mae West
    • W.C. Fields
    • Joseph Calleia
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    6,8/10
    3,3 k
    MA NOTE
    • Director
      • Edward F. Cline
    • Writers
      • Mae West
      • W.C. Fields
    • Stars
      • Mae West
      • W.C. Fields
      • Joseph Calleia
    • 47Commentaires d'utilisateurs
    • 30Commentaires de critiques
  • Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro
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    Mae West
    Mae West
    • Flower Belle Lee
    W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    • Cuthbert J. Twillie
    Joseph Calleia
    Joseph Calleia
    • Jeff Badger
    Dick Foran
    Dick Foran
    • Wayne Carter
    Ruth Donnelly
    Ruth Donnelly
    • Aunt Lou
    Margaret Hamilton
    Margaret Hamilton
    • Mrs. Gideon
    Donald Meek
    Donald Meek
    • Amos Budge
    Fuzzy Knight
    Fuzzy Knight
    • Cousin Zeb
    Willard Robertson
    Willard Robertson
    • Uncle John
    George Moran
    George Moran
    • Milton
    Jackie Searl
    Jackie Searl
    • Boy
    • (as Jack Searl)
    Fay Adler
    • Mrs. 'Pygmy' Allen
    Gene Austin
    Gene Austin
    • Saloon Musician
    Russell Hall
    • Candy
    • (as 'Candy')
    Otto Heimel
    • Coco
    • (as 'Coco')
    Abdullah Abbas
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Mark Anthony
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    John Barton
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward F. Cline
    • Writers
      • Mae West
      • W.C. Fields
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    Commentaires des utilisateurs47

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    7bkoganbing

    It's A Tie

    Although My Little Chickadee did not turn out to be the comedy smash of all time, both W.C. Fields and Mae West got in enough of their own shtick to make it worthwhile to see. What I can't figure out is when both were under contract at Paramount earlier in the decade why Adolph Zukor never thought of teaming them.

    Probably because both of them were highly individualized and highly specialized performers. Both wrote their own material, but Mae believed her words were golden as she wrote them and Bill Fields was notorious with the ad-libs, even with a script he wrote.

    Like Dallas in Stagecoach, Mae West as Flower Belle gets kicked out of one town and heads for another town accompanied by one of the Lady's League in the person of Margaret Hamilton. She's been spotted by Hamilton entertaining the mysterious masked bandit as only Mae entertains.

    On the train she meets up with small time con man Cuthbert J. Twillie, a Fields pseudonym if there ever was one. She's convinced she's got a bankroll and she needs a husband to maintain a respectable front. Her gambler friend Donald Meek who looks like a clergyman and remember in Stagecoach Thomas Mitchell originally thought he was one, marries them on the train.

    As a husband Fields is as ardent as Bob Hope was in The Paleface with Jane Russell who also needed to get married out of necessity to a stooge. He's sure willing enough, but Mae's to smart for him as she's got town editor Dick Foran and saloon owner Joseph Calleia panting hot and heavy for her as well.

    My favorite moment is when Mae slips a goat into her bed and Fields gets a big surprise when he thinks he's finally going to score.

    I'd have to say the film's a tie in terms of these two icons trying to top the other. There's plenty enough here to satisfy fans of both Mae and Bill and the many like myself who love both of them.
    7kga58

    I'll take ya' and how!!

    It's a shame that West and Fields had such a dislike for each other. In their few scenes together you can see how incredible this film could've been. Their introduction on the train is a delight, with him slurping all over her "symmetrical digits" and she crooning "you're compromisin' me". Field's disguising himself as her lover the Masked Bandit and getting some lip action under false pretenses is hilarious. If only they could've spent so much more screen time with each other instead of focusing on their separate routines, this would be a major classic. As it is it is still great fun. And Fields' asides to Margaret Hamilton are priceless! "I hope she don't get too violent--I haven't strength enough to knock her down!"
    dougdoepke

    Two Movies in One

    No need to recap the plot.

    I guess Universal figured that since West and Fields were so funny apart, they'd be even funnier together. Unfortunately, things didn't quite work out that way. Each gets off some funny lines, but rarely do they share the same frame. It's almost like two movies in one. But then neither comedian needs a second party to bounce jokes off of. Each was like a self- contained act on his or her own—West with her leering innuendos, Fields with his grouchy misanthropy. So trying to mix them is like trying to mix Jupiter with Mars. Good thing the great Margaret Hamilton is along to bridge the gap.

    If West comes off a shade less prominently than Fields, it's probably because she's less of an actor. Basically, she's got one comedic posture, and as good as it is, her air of the sexually irresistible doesn't adapt well. Fields' style, on the other hand, goes through a number of emotions, exasperation never far behind. Then too, his fascination with words from the thesaurus is usually on dialog display. Here I really love "euphonious appellation" instead of the more down-to-earth "nice sounding name".

    Anyway, each was a comedic genius in his or her own right. And I particularly salute West for her daring brand of comedy at a time when censors did their best to eliminate the fleshy side of life. Nonetheless, each is better viewed in solo starring roles, e.g. Fields in It's a Gift (1934), and West in I'm No Angel (1933).
    8babeth_jr

    Fun Fields and West Comedy Pairing

    I love this little gem of a movie. It has two of the great stars of the early cinema, W.C. Fields and Mae West.

    Fields is hilarious in his role as con man/card shark Cuthbert J. Twillie, who meets Flower Belle Lee (Miss West's character) on a train bound for Greasewood, a town that is ran by corrupt saloon owner Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia). Flower Belle was ran out of her previous town and cannot return until she is married and a respectful woman, i.e., not promiscuous. She marries Cuthbert just to give her some respectability and it's hilarious to watch Fields pathetic attempts to try to be with his unwilling bride.

    Of course, since this a Mae West film (both she and Fields wrote the screenplay) there are several funny double entendres in the film and Mae gets to sing a song, Willie of the Valley. I love both Mae West and W.C. Fields...they were both legends and I really wish they would have made another film together. The Hollywood rumor mill had it that they actually couldn't stand each other off screen, but if this is true, and I tend to believe that their feud was exaggerated for publicity purposes, you could not tell it by their performances. They had terrific on screen chemistry together.

    "My Little Chickadee" is a fun film all the way around.
    Lechuguilla

    "My Little Peach Fuzz"

    An Old West comedy that doesn't make a lot of sense, "My Little Chickadee" is mostly a cinematic vehicle for the talents of its two stars: Mae West and W.C. Fields.

    Mae, all decked out in flowery glad rags, does her usual shtick, as she rolls her eyes, smiles mischievously, and walks in the slinky, suggestive manner that she's known for. I love it. She doesn't "act" so much as she projects her own unique on-stage persona. In this film she sings only one song: "Willie Of The Valley". It's okay, but I could have wished for a song more suitable to her wonderfully bawdy public image.

    Wearing a high top hat and white gloves, and with that big nose and eccentric way of speaking, W.C. Fields plays Cuthbert J. Twillie, a blustery, flamboyant older man who uses big words to impress, and devious tricks to hoodwink. He's not seriously criminal, just a good-natured, booze-loving flimflam man trying to get along in life as best he knows how. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes not. Fields is just as unique as Mae West. And his comedic routine is straight out of vaudeville.

    The script's dialogue contains lines that highlight the humor of Fields, like when he tries to impress Flower Belle (Mae West): "The days of chivalry are not over. I've been worried about you my little peach fuzz. Have you been loitering somewhere? ... You are the epitome of erudition, the double superlative ...". His flowery metaphors sometimes get on Flower Belle's nerves, like when he says to her: "I climb the ladder of love to reach for the stars". She snaps back: "I'm in no mood for astronomy".

    For all his bluster, Twillie is actually the weaker of the two characters. It's Flower Belle who uses a pistol to knock off villainous Indians, and Twillie whose use of a kid's slingshot backfires.

    In this story, Margaret Hamilton, in her best witch voice, plays a histrionic busybody, in a support role.

    This is a film that will appeal mostly to fans of Fields and/or West. I think the film probably showcases Fields' talents a little better than those of West. What hurt this film is the real-life villainous Production Code which tried to water down the bawdy dialogue. As a result, both the plot and some of the dialogue come across as flat. Had the self-righteous censors left the scriptwriters alone, "My Little Chickadee" could have really sizzled.

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    • Anecdotes
      On lunch break one day, W.C. Fields went to his dressing room to start on a new bottle of whiskey he had saved for that purpose. Apparently, someone beat him to it, as the bottle had been opened and about half of it had been drunk. Fields immediately ran outside and roared at the crew, "Who took the cork out of my lunch?"
    • Gaffes
      When the train stops to pick up Cuthbert J. Twillie, it consists of the locomotive only. The carriages then reappear in the next scene.
    • Citations

      Cuthbert J. Twillie: During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Compelled to live on food and water...

      Gambler: Will you play cards!

      Cuthbert J. Twillie: ...for several days.

    • Générique farfelu
      The title, 'The End', is superimposed over Mae West's gluteus maximus as she walks away from the camera.
    • Connexions
      Edited into Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
    • Bandes originales
      Willie of the Valley
      Lyrics by Milton Drake

      Music by Ben Oakland

      Performed by Mae West

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    • Date de sortie
      • 15 mars 1940 (United States)
    • Pays d’origine
      • United States
    • Langue
      • English
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Curvas y balas
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - Jamestown, Californie, États-Unis(exterior: train scene)
    • société de production
      • Universal Pictures
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    • Budget
      • 625 000 $ US (estimation)
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    • Durée
      1 heure 23 minutes
    • Couleur
      • Black and White
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.37 : 1

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