W C Fields Comedy Collection V02 (You're Telling Me!, The Old Fashioned Way, Man on the Flying Trapeze, Poppy, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break)

"[Never] Refreshingly bizarre.  Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
"[Telling] The antics of W. C. Fields offer comic relief as the snobbery of wealth and class is satirized...  Sanderson Beck, Movie Mirror
"[Old] ...brisk entertainment that's smart and, at the end, full of heart.  Vadim Rizov, Movie Vault

Editor's Note With a wit to rival that of Oscar Wilde, W.C. Fields was a singular comedic talent. No one can pull off drunk and delightful with the alcoholic aplomb Fields possessed in spades. This anthology of his films includes the classics MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE, NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK, POPPY, YOU'RE TELLING ME!, and THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. Fields fans will particularly enjoy the surreal comedy of NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK. The actor plays himself in what turned out to be his last film and some of his best work.

	Adrienne Ames
	Baby LeRoy
	Billy Lenhart
	Buster Crabbe
	Gloria Jean
	Grady Sutton
	Granville Bates
	Joan Marsh
	Joe Morrison
	Judith Allen
	Kathleen Howard
	Leon Errol
	Mary Brian
	Richard Cromwell
	Rochelle Hudson
	W.C. Fields
	A. Edward Sutherland - [Poppy] Director
	Clyde Bruckman - [Man] Director
	Edward F. Cline - [Never] Director
	Erle C. Kenton - [Telling] Director
	William Beaudine - [Old] Director

Film Comment
"TRAPEZE tops off this collection, but deep diggers may be further rewarded by the more hellzapoppin' highlights of NEVER GIVE A SUCKER AN EVEN BREAK..." 05/01/2007 p.77

Variety 8 of 10
[Old] Made to order for W. C. Fields and permitting him to do his old cigar-box juggling among other things, The Old Fashioned Way is light comedy material that will please the Fields followers...Joe Morrison is worked in for songs with suitable spots provided for him during the Drunkard sequence. Morrison's voice registers well and on the love interest he carries himself through satisfactorily. Romantic side of the story [by Charles Bogle (= W.C. Fields)] treated lightly but has its place as fitted in, Judith Allen holding up the other end adequately.

Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings 7 of 10
[Telling] I've always been a little disappointed by this W. C. Fields comedy. It's one of those where he places his character in a thoroughly domestic situation, which is actually a very interesting thing to do from a character perspective. The persona of W. C. Fields as a somewhat misanthropic low-life is challenged when he plays a married man; he mainly wants to drink with his friends and to tinker with his inventions, but he's compromised by having to squelch his own personality so that he can get along with his wife and to help his daughter (who he truly loves) to win the man of her dreams. It's a fairly sophisticated type of character comedy, and even though he never plays for sympathy, you care for him. - Dave Sindelar