Agrega una trama en tu idiomaCarny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
- Countess Maggi Tubbs DePuizzi
- (as Catharine Doucet)
- Carnival sword swallower
- (sin créditos)
- Boy
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- Bit part
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- Young woman
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- Gardener
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- Bartender
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- BIT part
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- TriviaWhile filming the movie, W.C. Fields regularly drank from a flask, which he insisted was only "pineapple juice." One day, however, the stagehands replaced the vodka in the flask with real pineapple juice. When Fields tasted it, he sputtered and shouted, "Who put pineapple juice in my pineapple juice?!"
- Citas
Hot dog vendor: [as McGargle and Poppy begin to eat their hot dogs] Twenty cents, please!
Professor Eustace McGargle: Very reasonable! I'll pay you at the conclusion of our engagement.
Hot dog vendor: Oh, no, you won't! You're gonna pay me right now!
Professor Eustace McGargle: [the vendor takes back Poppy's half-eaten hot dog] Really! I shall return mine also.
Hot dog vendor: [looking at McGargle's half-eaten hot dog] Listen, you tramp, how am I gonna sell these again?
Professor Eustace McGargle: First you insult me. Then you ask my advice concerning salesmanship. You, sir, are a dunce! DUNCE, sir! D-U-N-C... How do you spell it?
[Walking away with Poppy]
Professor Eustace McGargle: Come, dear, let's go.
- Créditos curiososThe film opens with a shot of a flower blooming, with the title "Poppy" emerging from the flower as it blooms. The flower motif continues through the rest of the opening credits.
- ConexionesFeatured in W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)
- Bandas sonorasPoppy
(1936) (uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederck Hollander)
Lyrics by Sam Coslow
Played during the opening credits and Sung by an unidentified chorus
It is a blessing that Fields is in this film at all. Without him, POPPY would be forgettable. The late 19th century settings, particularly a carnival locale, are pleasing to the eye. Director Edward Sutherland imbues this milieu with pastoral charm, evoking a nostalgia for a simpler, more innocent time. Never mind if that time wasn't actually as rosy as this film indicates.
Alas, the charming period atmosphere cannot enhance the tired scenario. The romance between Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and Billy Farnsworth (Richard Cromwell), a boy from a wealthy and prestigious family, was old hat even in 1936. Hudson is bland and Cromwell is wooden, so one feels little empathy toward them.
Fields rescues POPPY from tedium. As Poppy's guardian Professor Eustace McGargle, he flimflams his way through everything. His larcenousness provide for some wonderful routines that elevates the film to classic comedy such as when he cons a bartender (Wade Boteler) into purchasing a "talking" dog and when he tries to get hot dogs for himself and Poppy without paying. These bits remain in one's memory after the love story is forgotten. Fields also reveals a tender, avuncular side in his intimate moments with Hudson. One understands her dedication to him, despite his crookedness.
POPPY does not rank among Fields' best work. But it demonstrates his greatness not only in that he rises above ordinary material, but that he vigorously soldiers throughout his scenes despite his real life ailments.
- RJV
- 12 ago 2001
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- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 13 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1