Author Archive: Retro

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.

Action scenes of early automobile racing highlight this story of Papa’s efforts to thwart Mabel’s romantic infatuation with a race car driver. Of historical interest.

Also known as “Fatty’s Magic Pants,” Fatty looks forward to a formal occasion. But he needs the proper attire. He encounters unbelievable difficulties as he gets ready. A simple idea that’s good for laughs.