The Bank Dick

(1940) dir. Edward F. Cline
viewed: 01/12/07

W. C. Fields is definitely very funny, I think for his classic voice and delivery and especially his hilarious one-liners, of which there are quite a few in this film.  The Bank Dick, however, didn’t strike me as overly brilliant.  Featuring Shemp Howard of The Three Stooges as a bartender, the film feels very much in the quality of the Stooges’ short films, which certainly have humor and timing, but are also sometimes less deft than it could be.

I guess that I actually have not seen any of his films before, though maybe years and years ago.  Some of his schtick is pretty hilarious, especially his treatment of his daughters and vice versa.  But eh…