Man on the Flying Trapeze was released in 1935, a return to a “Fields comedy” after the actor took a sidetrack sojourn, courtesy of Paramount, into more high-brow fare.īefore we delve too deeply into the weeds, this viewer finds it imperative to make two big caveats. You’re Telling Me! preceded The Old Fashioned Way and the brilliant It’s a Gift (both previously reviewed here at Cinema Retro), all three of which appeared in 1934, while Fields (real name-William Claude Dukenfield) still had a working contract with Paramount Pictures. Fields catalog in high definition, upgraded from previous releases on DVD, and two more have come to the fore-You’re Telling Me! and Man on the Flying Trapeze, two titles that don’t immediately come to mind when one thinks of top tier, classic Fields pictures, but never fear-they’re hilarious and worth a look. Fields” By Raymond Benson Kino Lorber has been releasing the W. He was played, quite appropriately, by wrestler George 'the Animal' Steele in Tim Burton's affectionate biopic, "Ed Wood" (1994).Normal 0 false false false En-us X-none X-none “Double W. The teen comedy "Head" (1968) was one of Johnson's last appearances. He was accorded one of his largest roles-in one of his worst films, "The Beast of Yucca Flats" (1961)-as a Russian atomic scientist who walks right into an atom bomb blast and assumes the film's title role. He did appear in several non-horror films in bit parts ("Carousel" 1956 and "Lady in the Iron Mask" 1952, as the mad executioner who keeps Patricia Medina locked up), but jobs pretty much dried up for Johnson in the 60s. Admittedly he wasn't called on to do much his physical presence and abilities to stare uncomprehendingly and lumber about menacingly were enough. Johnson was rarely ever given any dialogue and never really learned to act. His first film for Wood was the execrable but, unintentionally, hilarious "Bride of the Monster" (1956), in which he originated the role of the mute, scarred Lobo, a role he reprised in Wood's "Night of the Ghouls" (1959) and in the non-Wood directed "The Unearthly" (1957). After years in the ring, Johnson played bits in the Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson comedy "Ghost Catchers" (1944) and the low-budget film noir "Behind Locked Doors" (1948).
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