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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Edward F. Cline and produced by Jack J. Gross.

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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 11, 2024 From 4 Star Films

“Do you think he drinks?” “He didn’t get that nose from playing ping pong.” Self-reflexive metanarratives have the capacity of dissecting celebrity and playing with personas. Such a context is ripe with possibility and so when we find ourselves on a studio lot with W.C.... Read full article


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Waitress: And another thing. Don't be so free with your hands.
The Great Man: Listen, honey. I was only trying to guess your weight. You take things too seriously.


The Great Man: Oh, for a Maxwell parachute!
Ouliotta Delight Hemogloben: What's a Maxwell parachute?
The Great Man: Good until the last drop, dear.


The Great Man: Godfrey Daniel!


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The last movie he starred in, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, included a character Fields always wanted to have in one of his movies: a young woman (in this case his niece, played by Gloria Jean) who loved him unconditionally.
The title came from dialog in the final scene of W.C. Fields' big stage hit (and later film) "Poppy".
In the soda-shop scene, Fields turns to the camera and announces that the scene was supposed to have been filmed in a saloon "but the censor cut it out". He was telling the truth.
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