The Dentist (1932) starring W. C. Fields – a very funny comedy short, where W. C. Fields cares more about golf than his patients, his daughter wants to marry an ice man, and several hilarious scenes in the dentist’s chair!
The Dentist (1932) starring W. C. Fields
The Dentist is a short, talking comedy film, starring W. C. Fields as the titular dentist. He’s more interest in his golf game than his patient — and he’s having a fight with his daughter. She’s in love with a young man, working his way through college as an ice man. And her father strongly disapproves! Until they young man comes to his rescue at the end of the short.
Comedy highlights
- W. C. Fields on the golf course is outright hilarious. Including when he throws his golf club into the water in frustration! Followed by his golf bag! And then, his caddy!
- The running gag of Fields’ character forgetting where something is, only for someone to tell him its in his hand.
- The daughter, locked in her room, stomping on the floor in frustration. Causing the plaster below the room to fall. Directly into the mouth of the dentist’s patient!
- Multiple comedy dental patients, most famously where a young lady is having a tooth pulled …. Where it looks like … something compromising!
Cast of characters
- W.C. Fields (You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man) … Dentist
- Marjorie Kane (Merrily We Live) … Mary – Dentist’s Daughter (as ‘Babe’ Kane)
- Arnold Gray (Bird of Paradise) … Arthur – The Iceman
- Dorothy Granger (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case; Punch Drunks) … Miss Peppitone – Patient
- Elise Cavanna (The Barber Shop) … Miss Mason – Patient
- Zedna Farley … Dental Assistant
Additional Cast
- Henry Hanna
- Joseph Belmont … Mr. Benford – Man Hit by a Golf Ball (uncredited)
- Billy Bletcher (The Midnight Patrol) … Mr. Foliage – Bearded Patient (uncredited)
- Joe Bordeaux (A Fair Exchange) … Benford’s Caddy (uncredited)
- Harry Bowen … Joe (uncredited)
- Bobby Dunn (The Cook) … Dentist’s Caddy (uncredited)
- George Gray … Benford’s Golf Partner (uncredited)
- Barney Hellum … Patient in Waiting Room (uncredited)
- Thelma Hill (Two Tars) … Minor Role (uncredited)
- Bud Jamison (Three Little Beers; The Champion) … Charley Frobisher (uncredited)
- Pete Rasch … Benford’s Tough Son (uncredited)
- Emma Tansey … Old Lady (uncredited)
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