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The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
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3 March 1933 (USA) morePlot:
The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast." full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
W.C. Weird moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| W.C. Fields | ... | Mr. Snavely | |
| Rosemary Theby | ... | Mrs. Snavely | |
| George Chandler | ... | Chester Snavely the wastrel son | |
| Richard Cramer | ... | Officer Posthlewhistle Canadian Mounted Police (as Rychard Cramer) |
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In Fields' first sound film, The Golf Specialist (1930) there is a wanted poster of Fields which shows him in his "Fatal Glass of Beer" costume. It evidently was taken from an earlier stage presentation of the classic Fields sketch. moreFAQ
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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.