Le dentiste

Original title: The Dentist

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

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6.7/10

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W.C. Fields

Dentist

Marjorie Kane

Mary - Dentist's Daughter
(as 'Babe' Kane)

Arnold Gray

Arthur - The Iceman

Dorothy Granger

Miss Peppitone - Patient

Elise Cavanna

Miss Mason - Patient

Zedna Farley

Dental Assistant

Henry Hanna

Joseph Belmont

Mr. Benford - Man Hit by a Golf Ball
(uncredited)

Billy Bletcher

Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
(uncredited)

Joe Bordeaux

Benford's Caddy
(uncredited)

Harry Bowen

Joe
(uncredited)

Bobby Dunn

Dentist's Caddy
(uncredited)

George Gray

Benford's Golf Partner
(uncredited)

Barney Hellum

Patient in Waiting Room
(uncredited)

Thelma Hill

Minor Role
(uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Charley Frobisher
(uncredited)

Pete Rasch

Benford's Tough Son
(uncredited)

Emma Tansey

Old Lady
(uncredited)

Director
- Leslie Pearce
Writer
- W.C. Fields
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Pretty Good Short With a Good Role For Fields

This is a pretty good short comedy, with W.C. Fields in a role that works very well for him, as an irascible and absent-minded dentist, and several settings that offer the chance for some good comic material. The dentist has some difficulties with his daughter at home, then has some mishaps on the golf course, and finally heads to the office for more trouble. There is a good blend of sight gags and dialogue jokes. Some of the gags are quite clever, and Fields usually helps the more routine ones to come across pretty well, too. This should be worth a look for anyone who likes these 30's-style short comedies.

Snow Leopard
Jul 24, 2001
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Trivia
Based on the Broadway stage skit "An Episode at the Dentist" written by W.C. Fields for the "Earl Carroll Vanities" in 1928.

Goofs
The shadow of the boom falls on the ground behind the Dentist at the golf course.

Quotes
Benford's Tough Son: So, you're the guy that hit my father on the head.
Dentist: Yes, you want to make anything out of it.
Benford's Tough Son: [socks him in the jaw]
Arthur - The Iceman: [rising to the Dentist's defense] I'd like to see you do that again.
Dentist: Is it necessary for him to do it again?

Alternate versions
Censored reissue prints have at least three changes:
1. The sexually suggestive tooth-pulling scene is removed
2. "They can take this golf course and st..." is blanked out
3. "Ah, the hell with her!" is covered by an additional patient moan.
Also, intrusive music and sound effects were added at some point.
The Criterion laserdisc and DVD contain a version that restores the tooth-pulling scene and the original credits, but have the censored dialog and additional music and sound effects.