After a perhaps sluggish 4-minute beginning (there is some possibility that I lost some good gags as W. C. Fields's accent is hard for not native speakers), the short film becomes quite funny. It is a slapstick dark humor short film that reminds a lot animated films. As a matter of fact, Cornelius O'Hare is almost as insane and dangerous as Woody Woodpecker in the Barber of Seville. However, the latter is an animated short film which would be made only 11 years afterwards! Then, W. C. Fields has a remarkable performance here. There are some hilarious dark humor situations between that tepid beginning and the more conventional end.
Review of The Barber Shop
