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Product Description

DVD Menu

Main: The Pharmacist/The Barbershop/Pool Shark
Play Feature
- Menu Group #1 with 8 chapter(s) covering 00:54:05
Trivia
W.C. Fields
Quotes
Filmography
Main: The Golf Specialist/The Dentist/Fatal Glass of Beer
Play Feature
- Menu Group #1 with 8 chapter(s) covering 01:00:11
Trivia
W.C. Fields
Quotes
Filmography

DVD Chapters

Scene Index
0. Scene Index
1. "The Pharmacist" [6:16]
2. Phone Call [6:16]
3. Prescription [6:16]
4. "The Barbar Shop" [6:48]
5. Ball Practice [6:48]
6. Steam Room [6:48]
7. "Pool Shark" [7:25]
8. Trick Shot [7:25]
Scene Index
0. Scene Index
1. The Golf Specialist [6:49]
2. Showing Off [6:49]
3. The Noise [6:49]
4. "The Dentist" [7:07]
5. The Golf Shot [7:07]
6. The Patient [7:07]
7. "Fatal Glass of Beer" [9:11]
8. Son In Jail [9:10]

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1.2 out of 5 stars (13 customer reviews)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Subtract one star. Appalling DVD ruins some classic comedy, Feb 27 2004

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Hollywood Classics: W.C. Fields (DVD)

W. C. Fields's short comedies of 1932-33, produced by Mack Sennett, offer some of this great comedian's best work. However, this particular DVD edition treats Mr. Fields (and the purchaser) quite shabbily. The sound is not always synchronized with the picture, the image is often gray, and in at least one instance the film seems to be copied from a VHS tape recorded at the slowest speed. Just plain bad; don't throw your money away (we did, and we also threw the discs away).

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1.0 out of 5 stars A General Rule of Thumb, Feb 15 2004

By	InSearchOfTheRedButton (Lostin, OH) - See all my reviews

Hmmmm....
If it's from Madacy, you will be MAD when you SEE what you paid for.

Before transferring a movie to video, these people would put a pristine print through a blender just to make sure their standards don't deviate.

Madacy=Garbage
This is one of those DVD's that doesn't deserve one star but it's as low as I could go.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pure Exploitation, Mar 8 2003

By	"sloan123" (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

I have to make this very clear: I can think of very few DVDs Madacy has produced that were good (or even mediocre). This, however, is probably the worst I've seen. The company has spat upon the great comedian's grave. Several public domain shorts have been slapped on this DVD with terrible picture and sound that is downright disgraceful. In fact, this is the worst sound I've even heard on a DVD. There are also the traditionally stinky Madacy extras (Biography, Trivia, Quotes, Filmography).

Don't be fooled by the label at the back of the box ("a must for collectors and fans of this comedy genius"). A very nice looking edition has been released by Criterion. Get it.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy presentation detracts from classical comedy
The six short subjects on this double dvd set represent, I am led to believe, the total short subject output of the great W.C. Fields. Read more

Published on Oct 26 2001 by Peter Ainslie

1.0 out of 5 stars I wish I had read reviews first-now I'm stuck
I am so disappointed. I love these 6 films, and have seen them on 16MM film (superb quality) from Blackhawk films, and on so-so VHS. This DVD is the worst. Read more

Published on Mar 8 2001 by brianinchgo

3.0 out of 5 stars LOW PRICE MAKES IT ALRIGHT
Yeah the quality of the 4th and 5th features is terrible, but the rest of the shorts are passable, and the whole thing goes for less than ten dollars. Read more

Published on Aug 8 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars More Madacy trash...
Madacy has done it again...taken what could have been decent DVD's and turned them into trash. The video transfer from film is very poor, but the worst is the audio. Read more

Published on Mar 3 2000 by Joseph Cossette