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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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Ouliotta Delight Hemogloben: Are you really a man?
The Great Man: Well, I've been called other things...


Ouliotta Delight Hemogloben: Do you think he drinks?
Mrs. Hemogloben: He didn't get that nose from playing ping-pong.


His Niece: [as things turn into chaos, at Fields' instigation, shaking her head] My uncle Bill...
[then, resolute]
His Niece: But I still love him!


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The title came from dialog in the final scene of W.C. Fields' big stage hit (and later film) "Poppy".
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 frantic race down the Hyperion Street bridge on Glendale Avenue when Field's car is hooked onto the firetruck: Look to the upper far right of the scene in the distance and you will see the Great Mausoleum of Forest Lawn where Fields would eventually be interred in the Columbarium of Nativity.
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