The Fatal Glass of Beer

1933

Action / Comedy / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1987 2K

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Top cast

Rosemary Theby as Ma Snavely
George Chandler as Chester Snavely - Their Son
Gordon Douglas as Student Drinker
W.C. Fields as Pa Snavely
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12 hr 18 min
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Reviewed by 7 / 10

This Was My Recent Introduction To W.C. Fields

I grew up a fan of The Three Stooges...basically thinking that there was "no other comedy prior to 1960 besides them". Since that time, I still believe the Stooges, especially Shemp-era material, is the greatest comedy of all time. In the 1990's I came to appreciate the genius of Tim Moore & Spencer Williams. I have almost every episode of "The Amos 'n' Andy Show" and now consider them just a hair below the Stooges in terms of comic creativity.Honesty needs to come into play here as I reveal that I had never seen a full W.C. Fields short or feature in my life prior to this year. My introduction to him was "The Fatal Glass Of Beer" and I am amazed at this short! Whereas most of the clips that I had ever seen of Fields turned me off from ever wanting to see anything else, this short makes me want to view his entire body of work.If I had to make a short, this is probably what it would turn out to be like!
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Reviewed by Enchorde 8 / 10

A surprising gem of a comedy

This was included as bonus material on a disc with A Farewell to Arms. Never heard of it before, but when I had watched both the classic A Farewell to Arms, it is The Fatal Glass of Bear that I will remember.

W.C. Fields stars in this short set in the dark and cold wilderness of Canada. And he is brilliant. He delivers quirky lines ("I'll just go out and milk the elk...") with a deadpan seriousness that makes it impossible not to laugh. Or when he, for the umpteenth time, says ("It is not fit for man or beast to be out this night") and get splashed with snow in the face each time. Simple, but effective comedy.

It is a rare combination of slapstick, dialog driven farce, and detail (check out his sled-dogs) jokes. It is hard to put a label on it, but it works.

If you stumble across it, watch it!

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