| The Dentist | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leslie Pearce |
| Produced by | Mack Sennett |
| Written by | W.C. Fields |
| Starring | W. Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor C. Fields Babe Kane Arnold Gray Elise Cavanna Dorothy Granger |
| Cinematography | John W. Marjorie Kane ( 28 April, 1909 &ndash 8 January, 1992) was an American film actor Elise Cavanna ( January 30, 1902 - May 12, 1963) was an American film actress stage comedian dancer and Lithograph artist Dorothy Granger ( November 21, 1912 — January 4, 1995) was an American Actress best known for her roles in Short Boyle |
| Release date(s) |  December 9, 1932 |
| Running time | 22 min. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Dentist (1932) was one of four short films W.C. Fields made with the "king of comedy," Mack Sennett, at Paramount. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events Katharine Hepburn 's film career begins Shirley Temple 's film career begins Disney released Flowers Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor Mack Sennett ( January 17, 1880 &ndash November 5, 1960) was an Academy Award -winning director and was known as the innovator Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Although Sennett was near the end of his career, he found good use of the new medium of talking pictures for comedy, as the film demonstrates. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and It was directed by Leslie Pearce from a script by Fields himself. The film has running time of 20 minutes and has been released on VHS and DVD.
Story
Fields is a dentist whose daughter is threatening to run away with her boyfriend. He eventually has to lock her up in an upstairs room, above his dental office, where she proceeds to stamp her feet, causing chunks of the plaster ceiling to fall as Fields attempts to treat one of his patients. There are a number of very funny moments as various patients come to the office, particularly when Fields proceeds to drill without any pain killer. With one of his women patients, he engages in a virtual wrestling match as he attempts to extract a painful tooth. Some of his comments are quite salty and it's clear that the studio deleted some of it.
There is also a very funny sequence on the golf course, where Fields has opportunities to utilize elements of the famous golf routine he developed for the Ziegfeld Follies. History The Follies were lavish Revues something between later Broadway shows and a more elaborate high class Vaudeville Variety show.
Cast
- W.C. Fields as Dentist
- Marjorie Kane as Daughter (as 'Babe' Kane)
- Arnold Gray as Arthur the iceman
- Dorothy Granger as Patient (Miss Peppitone)
- Elise Cavanna as Patient (Miss Mason)
- Zedna Farley as Dental Assistant
- Billy Bletcher as Bearded patient (uncredited)
- Joe Bordeaux as Caddy (uncredited)
- Harry Bowen as Joe, the pal (uncredited)
- Emma Tansey as Old Lady (uncredited)
- Chester Clute as Nervous patient (uncredited)
- Bud Jamison as Charley Frobisher (uncredited)
- Bobby Dunn as Dentist's Caddy (uncredited)
- Thelma Hill (uncredited)
- Ethel La Blanche (uncredited)
- Pete Rasch (uncredited)
- William Searby (uncredited)
Sources
- Deschner, Donald, The Films of W. W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor Marjorie Kane ( 28 April, 1909 &ndash 8 January, 1992) was an American film actor Dorothy Granger ( November 21, 1912 — January 4, 1995) was an American Actress best known for her roles in Short Elise Cavanna ( January 30, 1902 - May 12, 1963) was an American film actress stage comedian dancer and Lithograph artist William "Billy" Bletcher ( September 24, 1894 &ndash January 5, 1979) was an American Actor, Comedian Joe Bordeaux ( 9 March, 1886 &ndash 10 September, 1950) was an American film actor Chester Clute (1891 - 1956 was an American Actor familiar in scores of Hollywood films from his debut in 1930 Bud Jamison (born William Jaimison February 15, 1894 &ndash September 30, 1944) was an American film actor Bobby Dunn ( 28 August 1890 &ndash 24 March 1937) was a Comic Actor who appeared in several Laurel & Hardy Thelma Hill ( 12 December 1906 &ndash 11 May 1938) was an American silent screen Comedian. C. Fields (New York: The Citadel Press, 1966)
- IMDB website
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