My Little Chickadee (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Edward F. Cline |
| Producer(s) | Lester Cowan, Jack J. Gross (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Western |
| Top Topics | Slapstick |
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My Little Chickadee (1940) was a Comedy - Western Film directed by Edward F. Cline and produced by Jack J. Gross and Lester Cowan.
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Mae West as the Outlaw: My Little Chickadee
By Judy on Nov 17, 2018 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouWhen asked what outlaw I wanted to feature for the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Outlaws blogathon, I immediately thought of Mae West’s character in My LIttle Chickadee. I know Mae West’s siren ways and bumpy pairing with W.C. Fields are more frequently associated with the film,... Read full article
Mae West as the Outlaw: My Little Chickadee
By Judy on Nov 17, 2018 From Cary Grant Won't Eat YouWhen asked what outlaw I wanted to feature for the Classic Movie Blog Association’s Outlaws blogathon, I immediately thought of Mae West’s character in My LIttle Chickadee. I know Mae West’s siren ways and bumpy pairing with W.C. Fields are more frequently associated with the film,... Read full article
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Quotes from
Flower Belle Lee:
[reading off the blackboard] "'I am a good boy. I am a good man. I am a good girl." What is this, propaganda?
Flower Belle Lee: [to Wayne Carter] You're a man with ideals. Well, I guess I better be goin' while you still got 'em.
Judge: Are you trying to show *contempt* for this court?
Flower Belle: No... I'm doin' my best to *hide* it!
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Flower Belle Lee: [to Wayne Carter] You're a man with ideals. Well, I guess I better be goin' while you still got 'em.
Judge: Are you trying to show *contempt* for this court?
Flower Belle: No... I'm doin' my best to *hide* it!
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Facts about
Fields walked off the set over what the director 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" 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.
Dick Foran, who was being paid by the week, would go to Mae West and tell her that W.C. Fields was rewriting his lines to give himself more screen time and to try to steal the film from her. Then he would go to Fields and tell him the same thing about West. In this manner he was able to extend his employment from a few weeks to several months, as both Fields and West - who didn't like each other - would hold up production while they would rewrite their scenes.
On lunch break one day, W.C. Fields went to his dressing room to start on a new bottle of whiskey he had saved for that purpose. Apparently someone beat him to it, as the bottle had been opened and about half of it had been drunk. Fields immediately ran outside and roared to the crew, "Who took the cork out of my lunch?"
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Dick Foran, who was being paid by the week, would go to Mae West and tell her that W.C. Fields was rewriting his lines to give himself more screen time and to try to steal the film from her. Then he would go to Fields and tell him the same thing about West. In this manner he was able to extend his employment from a few weeks to several months, as both Fields and West - who didn't like each other - would hold up production while they would rewrite their scenes.
On lunch break one day, W.C. Fields went to his dressing room to start on a new bottle of whiskey he had saved for that purpose. Apparently someone beat him to it, as the bottle had been opened and about half of it had been drunk. Fields immediately ran outside and roared to the crew, "Who took the cork out of my lunch?"
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