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The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)

The Fatal Glass of Beer poster
Directed by
Clyde Bruckman
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
18 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a comedy short that makes fun of serious Yukon stage shows. It follows a man in a mining camp who gets into absurd situations involving a fatal glass of beer.

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What happens

The Fatal Glass of Beer is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy short film starring W. C. Fields, produced by Mack Sennett, and released theatrically by Paramount Pictures. Written by Fields and directed by Clyde Bruckman, the film is a parody of rugged stage melodramas set in the Yukon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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