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28 July 1933 (USA) morePlot:
An inept barber maintains his good-humored optimism in his small town shop despite having a hen-pecking harridan for a wife and a total lack of sartorial skill. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
W. C. Fields and he does NOT hate his kids!! moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | W.C. Fields | ... | Cornelius O'Hare |
 | Elise Cavanna | ... | Mrs. O'Hare |
| Harry Watson | ... | Ronald O'Hare |
| Dagmar Oakland | ... | Hortense - Manicurist |
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Cornelius O'Hare: I used to be a detective once.Hortense: Really, Mr. O'Hair?
Cornelius O'Hare: Yes, yes.
Hortense: You seem to have been everything!
Cornelius O'Hare: Well, I guess I was. My wife calls me everything.
Mrs. O'Hare: [from an upstairs window] Cornelius!
Cornelius O'Hare: Yes, yes, my will-o-the-wisp?
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This is one of the oddest films I've seen of W. C. Fields because he seems to genuinely like his son! The young boy loves to tell really lame riddles and W. C. encourages him and acts pretty tenderly towards the kid (at least compared to the usual fare from this comedian). Children are either just tolerated or hated in his films. A good example was his famous line "Of course I love kids,....boiled". For whatever reason, this film is unusual in this respect.
Now as for the film itself, this one is very similar to THE PHARMACIST in that it is a very slow slice of life short, though it does have more gags and a more "Fields-like" ending. Don't expect the craziness of Fields shorts like THE DENTIST or THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER, but this isn't a positive or negative thing--I like both styles of his work. Funny, well-paced and cute--this is an excellent Fields short.