Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In his last starring role WC Fields plays himself having a typical day at his studio Esoteric Pictures Director Eddie Cline masterfully imparts a certain level of surreal spontaneity to Field&s digressions & misadventures Fields eats breakfast spars with a sarcastic waitress (Jody Gilbert) & then pitches his fractured script to studio head Franklin Pangborn The script reading becomes a film within a film commencing with the hero of the tale (Fields again playing himself) leaping out of an airplane in hot pursuit of a flask of whiskey He lands on the bed of an innocent young girl & tries to seduce her before her mom (Margaret Dumont) comes crashing in Fields then escapes over a cliff in a basket Things get even more bizarre before Pangborn throws him out & back into a "reality" that culminates in a lengthy frenetic car chase There&s also some musical interludes courtesy Gloria Jean a singing star Universal was grooming for success at the time Though Fields undoubtedly bristled at the studio&s insistence he share the bill the two actually display a touching rapport in their scenes together; just another small miracle in this truly unique & hilarious film Actors WC Fields Gloria Jean Leon Errol Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Margaret Dumont Susan Miller Franklin Pangborn & Mona Barrie Director Edward F Cline Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1941 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired