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Six of a Kind is an American 1934 pre-Code comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns, and Gracie Allen. [1]A critical and box office success, Six of a Kind features the famous pocket billiards (pool) playing scene in which Fields explains how he got the name “Honest John”.
The animators hands being seen in a poorly edited sequence in the Billiards scene. Fields was an expert juggler.As with his early films, Pool Sharks was intended to highlight a pool ball juggling act that featured in the actor's vaudeville show.
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 [1] – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. [2]Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler.
Masako Katsura (桂 マサ子, Katsura Masako, listen; 7 March 1913 – 20 December 1995), nicknamed "Katsy" and sometimes called the "First Lady of Billiards", was a Japanese carom billiards player who was most active in the 1950s. She was the first woman to compete and place among the best in the male-dominated world of professional billiards.
W. C. Fields – performs a comedy routine involving a billiard table; Carmen Amaya – "Merriment" the Delta Rhythm Boys; Gautier's performing dogs; Charlie Spivak and his Orchestra – "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot " and "Besame Mucho" Ted Lewis – "Good Night"
Interior view of a billiard hall in Toledo, Ohio, c. 1900 There are three major subdivisions of games within cue sports: Carom billiards , played on tables without pockets , typically ten feet in length, including straight rail , balkline , one-cushion carom , three-cushion billiards , artistic billiards , and four-ball
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.
Famous early twentieth-century performers played at the Hippodrome: Enrico Caruso, Sarah Bernhardt, W. C. Fields, Will Rogers, Al Jolson, and John McCormack. [1] The Hippodrome did evolve over time to keep up with upcoming technology. In 1922, the Hippodrome began showing projected films.