Poppy 1936 - Another W. C. Fields comedy classic

IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028120/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
IMDB rating: 6,9

Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Main Cast: W. C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Catherine Doucet

"Poppy is the film version of the Dorothy Donnelly musical comedy which made W.C. Fields a Broadway star back in 1923 (an earlier, less-faithful version, also starring Fields and retitled Sally of the Sawdust, was directed by D. W. Griffith in 1926). Finishing Poppy on schedule was quite a trial for W.C. Fields, who, in addition to breaking a vertebra while filming a chase sequence, further damaged his spine in a household accident. As a result, he could barely stand up during shooting, and many of his scenes had to be completed by a stunt double. One would never know that Fields was in excruciating pain throughout the film, however: Comedy-wise, he's at the top of his form, especially when he sells a 'talking dog' to a gullible rube and finagles a free lunch from an equally dense hot-dog vendor. Poppy is also the film in which Fields imparts a sage bit of advice to his screen daughter: 'Never give a sucker an even break'." - http://www.allmovie.com/movie/poppy-v106376

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