The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
1933 · Short film · 18 min · dir. Clyde Bruckman
- Comedy
Synopsis
Mr. Snavely, a Yukon prospector, lost his only son years ago to the temptations of the big city; now the prodigal Chester, released from prison, comes home to Ma and Pa. A parody of Yukon melodrama; includes the famous looking-out-the-door routine.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Clyde Bruckman
- Writer
- W.C. Fields
- Studio
- Mack Sennett Comedies
- Released
- 1933-03-03
- Running time
- 18 minutes
Cast & crew
Clyde Bruckman Director
W.C. Fields
Rosemary Theby
George Chandler
Richard Cramer- Ernie Alexander
Jack Cooper
Gordon Douglas- Junior Fuller
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · It was a lot funnier when I was 19 years old. · Pollux · 2010-11-23
First saw this in a humanities course in college. W.C. Fields was a bit of a counterculture cult hero back then. The gag where ice cubes come out of the pump isn't too bad, but the film is slow paced, with the regular "And it ain't a fit night out for man nor beast!" to keep you watching. If you like Fields, watch it.
★★★ · Still a minor classic.. · Daverenfre · 2019-08-22
First saw this almost 50 years ago as a kid on a saturday morning...loved the skit with the not a fit night for man or beast and the somewhat predictable ending. Suggest you read the Toby Peters mystery of the same name by Stuart M Kaminsky...you can almost hear Fields in every line.
★★ · Surprise ending · Big Boomer · 2017-11-02
Much of the humor is derived from very broad acting. Perhaps the style was familiar to audiences of the day who then understood who was being parodied. But for modern viewers this will be a very slow and awkward feature.
