You're Telling Me!

Fields is really good, but the material is just okay and doesn't consistently play to his strengths. The funniest scenes involve observations about class, and Fields has real underdog appeal, especially in the first act until the writers start spinning their wheels. When the princess arrives on the scene, it takes a turn for the worse, although not immediately as her first scene with Fields is charming. It's what happens after that's the problem. Nonetheless, fans of Fields will enjoy it.

Fields is in top form as usual, and this time the direction is tight and the script is coherent.

Highly moldy

The Princess machina came off seeming a bit slight, and the extended golfing bit at the end was too much like a tacked-on sketch. But there are numerous laughs throughout...and W C just can't seem to hang on to his hat. :)

Fields is in top form as . . . well, as yet another incarnation of Fields. You don't watch a Fields movie for the plot, but to see the many painful ways in which Uncle Billy tilts at and is tilted at by Life Itself. This one was out of circulation for many years for legal reasons; when it finally resurfaced we were happy to learn that it lived up to its reputation as a charming vehicle for The Great Man.

W.C. Fields on top of his game! While some of the gags is recycled from his earlier short subjects, like almost the entire sequence from "The Golf Specialist (1930)", his timing was excellent. Often his stuff looks too forced, but here his clumsy stuff felt more natural. One thing that struck me about this one was how well it was photographed and how well synchronized Fields was with it all. This was quality handy work from the entire team making it one of the funniest Fields comedies I've seen.