Author Archive: Retro

Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.

Mr. Snavely, a Yukon prospector, lost his only son years ago to the temptations of the big city. Now the prodigal Chester, he is released from prison and comes home to Ma and Pa. A parody of Yukon melodrama, includes the famous looking-out-the-door routine. A misunderstood classic.

Fields plays a dentist who is worried about his daughter, who likes the ice man.

Fields is brilliant as always, finding much humor in the simplest situations. This is more or less a filmed record of his “golf routine” in which he keeps stalling so he does not have to hit the ball and prove what a bad golfer he really is. He lets every little possible thing stand in his way.