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After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.After a scandal runs a gold-digger out of town, she meets a con artist and becomes embroiled in a string of petty deceits.
Jackie Searl
- Boy
- (as Jack Searl)
Russell Hall
- Candy
- (as 'Candy')
Otto Heimel
- Coco
- (as 'Coco')
Mark Anthony
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
John Barton
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaW.C. Fields walked off the set over what director Edward F. Cline felt was a minor disagreement, but when it was clear after two weeks that he was not coming back to finish the film, nearly one-third was shot using a double. The double used is unknown. It could have been John Sinclair, who had doubled for him in Poppy (1936), or David Sharpe, who was his stunt double in later films. The double wore a plastic mask and most of the shots were long shots.
- GoofsWhen the train stops to pick up the Fields character, it consists of the locomotive only. The carriages then reappear in the next scene.
- Quotes
Cuthbert J. Twillie: During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. Compelled to live on food and water...
Gambler: Will you play cards!
Cuthbert J. Twillie: ...for several days.
- Crazy creditsThe title, 'The End', is superimposed over Mae West's gluteus maximus as she walks away from the camera.
- ConnectionsEdited into Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
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Fun Fields and West Comedy Pairing
I love this little gem of a movie. It has two of the great stars of the early cinema, W.C. Fields and Mae West.
Fields is hilarious in his role as con man/card shark Cuthbert J. Twillie, who meets Flower Belle Lee (Miss West's character) on a train bound for Greasewood, a town that is ran by corrupt saloon owner Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia). Flower Belle was ran out of her previous town and cannot return until she is married and a respectful woman, i.e., not promiscuous. She marries Cuthbert just to give her some respectability and it's hilarious to watch Fields pathetic attempts to try to be with his unwilling bride.
Of course, since this a Mae West film (both she and Fields wrote the screenplay) there are several funny double entendres in the film and Mae gets to sing a song, Willie of the Valley. I love both Mae West and W.C. Fields...they were both legends and I really wish they would have made another film together. The Hollywood rumor mill had it that they actually couldn't stand each other off screen, but if this is true, and I tend to believe that their feud was exaggerated for publicity purposes, you could not tell it by their performances. They had terrific on screen chemistry together.
"My Little Chickadee" is a fun film all the way around.
Fields is hilarious in his role as con man/card shark Cuthbert J. Twillie, who meets Flower Belle Lee (Miss West's character) on a train bound for Greasewood, a town that is ran by corrupt saloon owner Jeff Badger (Joseph Calleia). Flower Belle was ran out of her previous town and cannot return until she is married and a respectful woman, i.e., not promiscuous. She marries Cuthbert just to give her some respectability and it's hilarious to watch Fields pathetic attempts to try to be with his unwilling bride.
Of course, since this a Mae West film (both she and Fields wrote the screenplay) there are several funny double entendres in the film and Mae gets to sing a song, Willie of the Valley. I love both Mae West and W.C. Fields...they were both legends and I really wish they would have made another film together. The Hollywood rumor mill had it that they actually couldn't stand each other off screen, but if this is true, and I tend to believe that their feud was exaggerated for publicity purposes, you could not tell it by their performances. They had terrific on screen chemistry together.
"My Little Chickadee" is a fun film all the way around.
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- babeth_jr
- May 23, 2008
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- The Lady and the Bandit
- Filming locations
- Railtown 1897 State Historic Park - Jamestown, California, USA(exterior: train scene)
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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