Never Give A Sucker An Even Break

The great W.C. Fields at his wild antics again, this time spoofing Hollywood, or at least the insanity of producing films as he perceived it. Fields was later accused of biting the hand that fed him, but he gnawed on anything that moved anyway, while providing one belly laugh after another. Many of Fields's comedies mix sentiment, satire and surrealism, and this one is no exception--it simply goes further in almost every direction possible. Thus, while it is not his best film, it is pure Fields. Much of the "plot" consists of Fields trying to pitch a story to a Hollywood producer (Pangborn), though this is not made immediately clear to viewers. Memorable mom...