The Great Man: W.C. Fields

Name: The Great Man: W.C. Fields
Director: Phillip Dye
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Released: 2005-02-08
Duration: 3240000 s
Cast: Bud Abbott, Gracie Allen, Edgar Bergen

Directed by Phillip Dye

2005 54m PG

Documentary, Biography

6.8

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W.C. Fields cultivated the persona of a misanthropic cynic and many found it hard to tell where the character ended and the real person began. Master juggler, Broadway headliner, and radio star, Fields eventually reached Hollywood superstardom. Included in this DVD are rare behind-the-scenes footage and home movies of Fields at work and at play, along with hilarious scenes from some of his greatest films.

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Cast of The Great Man: W.C. Fields

Bud AbbottSelf
Gracie AllenNurse Allen (clip from International House (1933))
Edgar BergenSelf
Sarah BernhardtMarguerite Gautier (clip from La dame aux camellias (1912))
Fanny BriceSelf
George BurnsDr. Burns (clip from International House (1933))
Cab CallowaySelf (clip from International House (1933))
Eddie CantorEddie Beagle (clip from Special Delivery (1927))
John CarradineSelf
Charlie ChaplinSelf
Maurice ChevalierSelf
Lou CostelloSelf
Carol DempsterSally (clip from Sally of the Sawdust (1925))
Stuart ErwinTommy Nash (clip from International House (1933))
W.C. FieldsSelf
Jonathan HarrisSelf
Harry HoudiniSelf
Budd HulickBudd (clip from International House (1933))
Peggy Hopkins JoyceSelf (clip from International House (1933))
Mitchell LeisenSelf
Rose MarieSelf (clip from International House (1933))
Sari MaritzaCarol Fortesque (clip from International House (1933))
Chico MarxSelf
Walter MatthauSelf
Charlie McCarthySelf
H. C. PotterSelf
Charles "Buddy" RogersSelf
Will RogersSelf
Frank ShusterSelf (clip from Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at W.C. Fields (TV))
Mortimer SnerdSelf
F. Chase TaylorColonel Stoopnagle (clip from International House (1933))
Rudy ValleeSelf (clip from International House (1933))
Johnny WayneSelf (clip from Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at W.C. Fields (TV))
Mae WestSelf
Bert WilliamsThe Hon. Bert Williams (clip from A Natural Born Gambler (1916))
Ed WynnSelf
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.Self
Erville AldersonJudge Henry Foster (clip from Sally of the Sawdust (1925))
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonRochester (clip from You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939))
Freddie BartholomewDavid as a Boy (clip from David Copperfield (1935))
Joseph BelmontMr. Benford - Man Hit by a Golf Ball (clip from The Dentist (1933))
William 'Shorty' BlancheStooge (clip from Sally of the Sawdust (1925))
Billy BletcherMr. Foliage (clip from The Dentist (1933))
Naomi CaseyLittle Girl (clip from The Golf Specialist (1930))
Elise CavannaPatient (clip from The Dentist (1933))
George ChandlerChester Snavely (clip from A Fatal Glass of Beer (1933))
Evelyn Del RioElsie Mae Adele Bruch Sousé (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Bobby DunnDentist's Caddy (clip from The Dentist (1933))
Zedna FarleyDental Assistant (clip from The Dentist (1933))
Dorothy GrangerMiss Peppitone (clip from The Dentist (1933))
George GrayBenford's Golf Partner (clip from The Dentist (1933))
Thurston HallMr. Bel-Goodie (clip from You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939))
Johnny KaneWalter the Desk Clerk (clip from The Golf Specialist (1930))
Elsa LanchesterClickett
Harriet E. MacGibbonLady Walking Dog (clip from The Golf Specialist (1930))
John MarleyStudio Head Bannerman (clip from W.C. Fields and Me (1976))
Una MerkelMyrtle Sousé (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Constance MooreVictoria Whipsnade (clip from You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939))
Herbert MundinBarkis (clip from David Copperfield (1935))
Franklin PangbornJ. Frothingham Waterbury (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Dick PurcellMackley Q. Greene (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Jessie RalphNurse Peggotty (clip from David Copperfield (1935))
Addison RichardsJudge (clip from My Little Chickadee (1940))
Grady SuttonOg Oggilby (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Rosemary ThebyMrs. Snavely (clip from A Fatal Glass of Beer (1933))
Cora WitherspoonAgatha Sousé (clip from The Bank Dick (1940))
Allen WoodThe Caddy (clip from The Golf Specialist (1930))