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9 December 1932 (USA) more
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An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion. full summary | add synopsis
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Pretty Good Short With a Good Role For Fields more (12 total)

Cast

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W.C. Fields ... Dentist
Marjorie Kane ... Daughter (as 'Babe' Kane)
Arnold Gray ... Arthur the iceman
Dorothy Granger ... Patient (Miss Peppitone)
Elise Cavanna ... Patient (Miss Mason)
Zedna Farley ... Dental Assistant
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21 min
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Mono (RCA Photophone System)
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On the Criterion DVD edition, a musical background has been added to the soundtrack for the lost golf ball sequence. more
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Boom mic visible: The shadow of the boom falls on the ground behind the Dentist at the golf course. more
Quotes:
Daughter: [after her father has patted her on the derriere as she looks into the ice box] Fifty pounds and chop it fine.
Dentist: [reading from a newpaper] "Mrs. Unclebeck...”
[looking up when her words have sunken in]
Dentist: What do you mean, "Fifty pounds and chop it fine"?
Daughter: Oh, I thought you were Arthur.
Dentist: Who's Arthur?
Daughter: He's the man I intend to marry.
Dentist: Oh, well, don't tell me anything about it - I'm only your father. I can read about it in the newspapers. What does he do for a living?
Daughter: Well, he's the iceman.
Dentist: [shocked] An iceman?
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Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997) (V) more

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2 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Pretty Good Short With a Good Role For Fields, 25 July 2001
Author: Snow Leopard from Ohio

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.

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