Le dentiste

Titre original : The Dentist

1932
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21min

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAn unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.An unconventional dentist deals with a variety of eccentric and difficult patients in slapstick fashion.

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Rôles principaux18

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W.C. Fields

Dentist

Marjorie Kane

Mary - Dentist's Daughter
(as 'Babe' Kane)

Arnold Gray

Arthur - The Iceman

Dorothy Granger

Miss Peppitone - Patient

Elise Cavanna

Miss Mason - Patient

Zedna Farley

Dental Assistant

Henry Hanna

Joseph Belmont

Mr. Benford - Man Hit by a Golf Ball
(non crédité)

Billy Bletcher

Mr. Foliage - Bearded Patient
(non crédité)

Joe Bordeaux

Benford's Caddy
(non crédité)

Harry Bowen

Joe
(non crédité)

Bobby Dunn

Dentist's Caddy
(non crédité)

George Gray

Benford's Golf Partner
(non crédité)

Barney Hellum

Patient in Waiting Room
(non crédité)

Thelma Hill

Minor Role
(non crédité)

Bud Jamison

Charley Frobisher
(non crédité)

Pete Rasch

Benford's Tough Son
(non crédité)

Emma Tansey

Old Lady
(non crédité)

Réalisation
- Leslie Pearce
Scénario
- W.C. Fields
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Anecdotes
Based on the Broadway stage skit "An Episode at the Dentist" written by W.C. Fields for the "Earl Carroll Vanities" in 1928.

Gaffes
The shadow of the boom falls on the ground behind the Dentist at the golf course.

Citations
Benford's Tough Son: So, you're the guy that hit my father on the head.
Dentist: Yes, you want to make anything out of it.
Benford's Tough Son: [socks him in the jaw]
Arthur - The Iceman: [rising to the Dentist's defense] I'd like to see you do that again.
Dentist: Is it necessary for him to do it again?

Versions alternatives
Censored reissue prints have at least three changes:
1. The sexually suggestive tooth-pulling scene is removed
2. "They can take this golf course and st..." is blanked out
3. "Ah, the hell with her!" is covered by an additional patient moan.
Also, intrusive music and sound effects were added at some point.
The Criterion laserdisc and DVD contain a version that restores the tooth-pulling scene and the original credits, but have the censored dialog and additional music and sound effects.

Connexions
Edited into Down Memory Lane (1949)

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A Must See for Fields' Fans

The Dentist (1932)

*** (out of 4)

W.C. Fields gets to shine in this pre-code Paramount short where he plays the title role. The film starts off as the dentist learns that his daughter is wanting to date an ice delivery man, which of course he wants no part of. After a disastrous round of golf the dentist returns to his office where several strange characters wait. THE DENTIST is perhaps one of Fields' best known shorts for a number of reasons. Of course, one of the more notorious reasons is all the sexual innuendo that happens once the final portion of the film happens. I'm not going to spoil these scenes but they are quite funny and especially the dialogue where Fields pretty much just insults them right to their faces. The stuff dealing with the golf was also quite funny and especially the sequence where the actor just completely loses it and begins throwing everything into the water. There are several scenes in the film where people have their teeth damaged in a wide variety of ways so those scared of the men in white will certainly want to stay away from this thing even though it is a comedy. There's no question Fields is at the top of his game because everything from his line delivery to the way he walks is just perfect.