Poppy

A somewhat disappointing sound remake of the Fields-D.W. Griffith silent classic SALLY OF THE SAWDUST (1925), in turn based on the hit 1923 stage play that propelled vaudevillian Fields to stardom. While the addition of sound enables the audience to hear Fields' wonderful carny patter and his mumbling asides, the comedian's poor health prevented him from performing his more amazing physical comedy and kept his scenes in the film to a minimum. The film opens as Fields, a traveling hustler and con man who works small towns with his adopted daughter Hudson, decides to ply his dubious trade at a fair in the town of Green Acres. Fields spots a stray dog, catches the pup...