W.C. Fields in POOL SHARKS (1915)

This is a restored version of W.C. Fields' first film, which had intertitles added to it in 1958 by Raymond Rohauer. The opening and closing titles were made by yours truly.

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  Comedy

[Drivemecrazy78]

Very impressive of old song of Donnelly Philadelphia! It was my Little Grandmom (Alyce Donnelly ) 's First Cousin , William Claude Duckinfields!

[16mmRSN]

In over 40 years of seeing various versions of this film including my two 16mm prints I've never seen the original Gaumont/Mutual titles. I wonder if they are extant or if Rohauer or someone else destroyed them. Rohauer managed to debase and adulterate everything he got his stinking hands on. Given that, it's astonishing that "The Golf Specialist" another one time casualty of the Rohauer stable still circulates with its original titles.

[JAROSLAVS HALIMOSKINS]

wtf?



[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

[David Sowards]

I sing about Fields and others in The Celebrity Song.

[BeantownJim]

oliver hardy?