W. C. Fields Shaving Scene from "It´s A Gift" (1934)

[mistermattmoose]

he did all this...........with a straight edge!!! fields must have had balls the size of cantaloupes. DANG..........

[IAintOverYet]

WC Fields movies were usually played late at night on some obscure TV channel, probably UHF (I bet most don't even know what that is), before that days of cable TV. I watched while in bed, and had to contain my laughter so as not to wake up the wife and kids. That was impossible. The whole bed shook and so did the rest of the house, and I woke up everyone anyway. I've been watching a lot of his movie scenes on YouTube this weekend and my gut hurts from all the laughing. What a genius!

[glrcmptn]

excruciatingly wonderful & a kind man esp. to his wife.

[Sexysireene]

haha he is interesting! haha



[cowboynyc]

The daughter in this scene is Jean Rouverol, who is now in her 90s and just made a lovely short film called "Finding Jean Lewis." The writer/director is Rachel Johnson, up to now best known for an animated short, "The Toll Collector." Ms. Rouverol and her husband, Hugo Butler, were best known as screenwriters. Her mother, Aurania Rouverol, created the character of Andy Hardy.

[Hellzyead]

this isn't funny...

[SoCalRugger]

@Hellzyead thanks for your input!

[littletroll]

My all time favorite movie!

[classicphile]

The actress in this scene who plays his daughter many years later admitted that she was a bit of a snob because she had just come from acting in a Shakespeare play, and she saw Fields as an old, drunken vaudevillian. So at the time she did not relish being in a movie with him. She said she didnt realize until years later that she had worked with a comedy genius. And became proud of the movie and getting to work with WC Fields.

[TheMaceymacreary]

@classicphile she did a splendid job possibly, for the reason you mentioned. tis a shame i twasn't round then.

[hugatag]

ever notice that WC has a beautiful daughter in almost every movie?

[classicphile]

@hugatag In real life, Fields had a son who, according to him, was a mommas boy and had turned against him thanks to the influence of his shrewish wife (whom he never divorced). He once wrote to her that he felt if they had a daughter instead of a son, the daughter would "see through your perfidy, Harriet" And would side with him. So, the on screen loyal daughters you see in his movies are the daughters he wished he had in real life, but didnt.

[hugatag]

@classicphile He sounds just like me. I have no daughters, 3 boys and a horrible wife. No wonder why I like girl children around 18 - 20

[netnetjk]

Everytime my roommate has a sore throat & gurgles I think of this scene.

[sclogse1]

Dennis Quaid has very similar eyes to W.C. Not quite sure about Randy Quaid, tho. I think Dennis could do a great W.C. sometime...maybe when he's older. Rod Steiger did a W.C., but because he didn't have the eyes, it never worked. How about it, Dennis?

[ishnummunshi]

this is pure, pure comic genius, they must have just kept filming and see what he came up with, his timing is absolutely perfect. No special effects, no clever editing just WC Fields at his best.... I could watch him all day

[christygum]

Freakin' hilarious! It doesen't get funnier then this!

[ManyGodz]

GOOD ONE,Bonobo ! Fields timing was matchless in this one.

[PlayIt4MeAgainSam]

HahahahA! This is brilliant!

I've not seen it in such a time & was laughing out loud! That's so rare from comedians today. W.C. was wonderful!

[TilemanSD]

Greatest comedian of all time.

[kinklesstetrode]

So cleaver. First class.

[YesOkayYNot]

One of the funniest things he ever said wasn't on camera. The crew saw him reading the Bible and asked why. He said he was "looking for loopholes." Bahahahah! Thanks for posting this clip.

[classicphile]

@YesOkayYNot

Actually he did say that, but it didnt take place on the set in front of the crew. It took place in his hospital room, in front of a visiting friend, not too long before he died.

[Rajamuttu]

@YesOkayYNot

The line was funny, but he was talking about his death.