Saturday, September 19, 2015

WC Fields Pool Sharks -- September 19, 2015

Moving Picture World, 25-September-1915

100 years ago today, Mutual released a Gaumont Star Comedy, "Pool Sharks" (or "The Pool Sharks"), starring WC Fields in  his first film appearance. 

Motography, 18-September-1915.
Mutual also released a midget comedy.

Moving Picture World, 18-September-1915
Moving Picture World, 18-September-1915
Moving Picture World, 25-September-1915

Fields made one more movie for Gaumont, the lost "His Lordship's Dilemma," and then went back to the stage for a while. 


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