The Fatal glass of beer

This film is about a prodigal son returning to a snowbound cabin in the Yukon. Described as an absurd star comedy with appeal to addicts only: most of the humour consists of repeats of one line, “Taint a fit night out for man nor beast”. This film was written by W.C. Fields who also starred in it, along with Rosemary Theby, George Chandler and Richard Cramer.

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Credits

producer

Mack Sennett

production company

Mack Sennett Comedies

director

Clyde Bruckman

Duration

00:18:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1933

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016220

Language

English

Subject categories

Comedy

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q7733524

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United States, 1933

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