Bill Fields And Will Rogers

1091. BILL FIELDS AND WILL ROGERS.
1. POOL SHARKS (1915-USA). WITH W.C. FIELDS. TWO MEN ARE RIVALS FOR THE LOVE Of A PRETTY GIRL. NOT A PARTICUÂLARLY NOTABLE FILM PLOT; HOWEVER, WHEN ONE Of THE RIVALS IS PLAYED BY W.C FIELDS, THE RESULT IS A HILARIOUS BATTLE ROYALE! THERE ARE NO DUELING PISTOLS, NOT EVEN A STRAY PIE IN THE FACE, BUT A CRAFTY GAME Of POOLÑAN OPPORTUNITY FOR VAUDEVILLE AND ZIEGFELD FOLLIES STAR FIELDS, IN HIS FILM DEBUT, TO BRING ONE Of HIS MOST FAMOUS STAGE ROUTINES TO THE SILVER SCREEN. A MINOR MASTERPIECE Of COMIC TIMING, STARTING SLOW AND BUILDING TO A FRENZIED PACE WITH POOL CUES, TOUPEES, AND BILLIARD BALLS FLYING AND THE GIRL Of THEIR DREAMS WINDING UP WITH A WET GOLDFISH IN HER HAIR! FROM THE VERY START Of HIS MOVIE CAREER. FIELDS CHARACTER WAS ANTI-SOCIAL, CANTANKEROUS, INSULTINGÑAND, ABOVE ALL, VERY FUNNY.
2. THE ROPIN’ FOOL (1921-USA). PRODUCED, WRITTEN BY AND STARRING WILL ROGERS. WITH IRENE RICH AND “BIG BOY” WILLIAMS. “ROPES” REILLY (WILL ROGERS! JUST CAN’T HELP HIMSELF. HE’S A ROPIN’ FOOL, LASSOS EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY IN SIGHT (INCLUDING HIS EVER PATIENT GIRLFRIEND), EVEN DREAMS UP NEW ROPIN ‘TRICKS IN HIS SLEEP. WITH THE FLICK Of A WRIST, HE CAN THROW A LARIAT ‘ROUND A HORSE AND RIDER SIXTY FEET DOWN THE PIKE, OR HE CAN HOG TIE A GOAT, GOOSE OR MOUSE (YES, A MOUSE) OR A HAT BLOWING THROUGH THE SKY IN AN OKLAHOMA WINDSTORM. NOW WHY WOULD A KIND-HEARTED COW POKE WITH SUCH AN INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE Of ROPES WIND UP WITH ONE AROUND HIS NECK! WITH THE AID Of EXCELLENT SLOW MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY, ROGERS DEMONSTRATES FIFTY-THREE AMAZING ROPING TRICKS THAT MADE HIM A STAR Of FAIRS, VAUDEVILLE AND THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES IN HIS EARLY CAREER. WITH TYPICAL ROGERS HUMOR, “THE GREATEST CATCH IN VAUDEVILLE” COMMENTED ON HIS OWN PERFORMANCE, “I DON’T THINK YOU MIGHT CONSIDER IT ART, BUT THERE IS 30 YEARS Of HARD PRACTICE IN IT.” SILENT FILMS WITH MUSIC SCORE, CORRECT PROJECTION SPEED. 48 MINUTES TOTAL. ÒSILENTÓ COMEDIES