W.C. Fields in POOL SHARKS (1915)

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

This is a humorous short. They did a great job 'restoring' it.

[BMWLDRider]

Pool tables haven't changed much, have they?

Thanks for putting this up....!

[Garramedia]

I liked the stooges' moment of nose grabbing and eye poking (Don't try that at home, children!)

If it wasnt that he would have been eleven at he time I would have sworn that the handsome bloke in the boater hat was Cary Grant.

[Mysterwright]

This is so well restored its impossible to imagine this was filmed almost 100 years ago! =O

[TheElissaS]

Stan Laurel took lessons from Charlie Chaplin, Lucille Ball took lessons from Stan Laurel (pantomime) one reason Lucille Ball always wore black flats. Buster Keaton was way ahead of his time and one of the most powerful and successful men in Hollywood. He did all his own stunts and in doing one particular stunt, broke his neck and didn't even know it. Karloff had Lon Chaney as his teacher. The list just goes on and on. Fatty Arbuckle was The "IT" comedian for almost ever. Thefilm writers

[TheComedyYears]

@TheElissaS Stan Laurel did not take lessons from Chaplin, they were both in the same Karno group, and Stan was Chaplin's understudy, but he developed his own style, he was a comedian, same as Chaplin back then, and was actually funnier and more popular. The stunt you refer to, breaking Keaton's neck, was the taking on of water, in the "The General" he unerestimated how powerful the rush would be, as the water flooded out

[superdavid002]

I sing about Fields and others in The Celebrity Song.

[brougham89]

I absolutely loved this. Now I know where the marx brothers got some of their inspiraton from.

[BeantownJim]

oliver hardy?

[9TheMajor]

One guy near the pool table looks like a young Sheldon Leonard but obviously it can't be.

[akilli1453]

Godfrey Daniel!

[santasxgirlfriend]

wc was slim!!!! thanx so much kk! the titles you made are perfect :)

[brightnight609]

thanks so much for the upload. i love watchin him.

[tallmunchkin]

Looks like Steve Martin? Consider the possibility that Martin, like many others, copied him.

[julienmonkeyboy]

Thanks for uploading. My dvd stopped working right near the end. God I hate dvds sometimes.

It's astonishing that there was such a gap between Fields making his first two films and his next film.

[jaydellis]

He looks a little like Steve Martin here

[fdantheman]

Like a fat, rosacea-afflicted Steve Martin, with a moustache. Yes.

[samjhatfield]

Great to see such a classic in good shape on screen. Fields was an interesting choice for a silent comedian. His sound stuff was more suited, yet he still cuts it here. Of course he re-made a load of his silents when sound came along- which was not only clever financially, but improved on the originals when the technology came along.

[olywarhol]

Crude slapstick. Thank god!

[Doggieman1111]

crude slapstick, his later stuff was much better.

[samjhatfield]

Old school with that clip-on moustache! He left that behind with the sound era!

[burf69]

I think it might be Janis Joplin.

[highlandsh]

He looks a bit like Steve Martin, also no slouch with the physical comedy skills.

[hiflyer53qwc]

in all due respect ...YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING.. Steve Martin on his best day..couldn't shine WC Fields shoes...

[dryflowerproductions]

Do have it with inter titles? I'd like to see it like that...but this is great!

[kjcon54]

It is Scott Jopling

The Heliotrope Bouquet, The Wall Street Rag and if I'm not mistaken, Sugar Cane.

[rickenba]

Beautiful posting, Thank You 4 putting a Smile on my face! long live ART..

[WerewolfReaper]

I bought a w.c. fields dvd but they have different music on that one than this for this episode

[creamofcardstv]

You can't beat the early movies. I've given you five stars, please check out my silent movie memorabilia vids (includes WC Fields)

when you have time.

[LaPoderosa52]

The oldest - and shittest - use of stop-motion animation I've ever seen. Awesome, way ahead of its time, Harryhausen can eat shit.

[eeelick]

this was just on TV a little while ago. Everything looks better in black and white.

[JHSchwarzkopf]

LOL...the CUE Ball in the eye!

[roon41]

This was WC Feilds' very first film. He's 35 here. It was supposed to feature the poolroom routine Feilds was performing on the stage at the time but the director felt it wouldn't play on film..

[oheare]

Thank you. Any idea who the pianist is, and what the tune is?

[truro55]

If I´m not very mistaken - Scott Joplin. Or one of his disciples

[Astinsan]

Not sure if its Scott Joplin.. If it is its probably very early. Scott Joplin is usually impossible amounts of notes. Its defiantly Ragtime though.

[kjcon54]

Scott Joplin "Heliotrope Bouquet"

[DementedCaver]

Nice to see such vintage fields in such great shape.

[megawavez]

There's some really funny stuff in here. The pool game was very clever.

[abigratsass]

during "MY LITTLE CHICKADEE"...Mae West dumped out a thermos, Fields filed with GIN... HE responded, " what son of a bitch poured out my lunch?"

[SIMPFANN]

I'm a big fan of Fields and I've been wanting to see this film for years. Thanks so much!

[roon41]

simpfann,

What is your favorite W.C. Fields Film?

[philocamillus]

thank you--what a treat

the last time I saw this film was more than 20 years ago, and cinema-wise, it was a mess. Could hardly make out a thing. Whoever has restored this has done an absolutely masterful job. Thanks so much for sharing it!

[smartz100]

You got some great stuff - thanks

[creamofcardstv]

I like your vid clip and I've rated it as awesome. I've done another video clip on some old cigarette cards of 1930's movie stars, including: W.C. Fields , Bing Crosby, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Clark Gable, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo,Johnny Weismuller, Gary Cooper and Carole Lombard.

[pppatty]

good fun - thank you

[LostChord13]

way cool...

[Sanatero]

Great job!

Thank you very much