Pool Sharks (1915)
1915 · Silent film · 10 min · dir. Edwin Middleton
Two romantic rivals play a game of pool
- silent film
Synopsis
Pool Sharks is a 1915 American silent short film. The film is notable for being the film acting and writing debut of W. C. Fields and also features early instances of stop-motion animation during a game of pool.
Synopsis from Wikipedia
Details
- Director
- Edwin Middleton
- Writer
- W.C. Fields
- Studio
- Gaumont
- Released
- 1915-09-19
- Running time
- 10 minutes
Cast & crew
- Edwin Middleton Director
W. C. Fields
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Pool Sharks · nuerble · 2006-02-25
This is a real gem. Fields made a few silents, but never went over big. It didn't seem to be his medium. But in this first 1915 short he is all there, fully formed, personality, timing, and love/hate relationship with inamimate objects. Plus there is some funny stop motion animation. nuerble
★★★★ · There is something remarkable · jazzlampe · 2010-06-20
Overall this is just a piece of fully working entertainment. Good timing done by the actors and pretty well edited too. Most remarkable thing is the use of stop-motion-animation.
