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The film was written by Fields, using the alias Mahatma Kane Jeeves (derived from the Broadway drawing-room comedy cliché "My hat, my cane, Jeeves!"), [3] and directed by Edward F. Cline. The film also stars Una Merkel , Richard Purcell , Shemp Howard , Franklin Pangborn , Grady Sutton , Jessie Ralph and Cora Witherspoon .
Apr 5, 2003 · In the comedy written by Charles Bogle (one of Fields’ many pseudonyms; Mahatma Kane Jeeves was another), he plays a New Jersey grocer who spends all of an inheritance from his uncle on a ...
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THAT legendary comic known variously as Micawber, "The Bank Dick," Mahatma Kane Jeeves or just plain W.C. Fields, is headed toward the screen.
Things take a turn for the absurd when he unwittingly captures a bank robber and lands a job as a security guard. Written by Fields under the pseudonym Mahatma Kane Jeeves and featuring one of his most hilarious performances, The Bank Dick is an undisputed classic of American comedy.
- Egbert Sousé
When Fields' script for The Bank Dick was finally submitted in full (under the pseudonym of Mahatma Kane Jeeves), the Breen Office responded with their usual list of censorship demands and script changes.
- Edward Cline, Ralph Ceder, Fred Frank
- W. C. Fields
Aug 28, 2000 · The Bank Dick, written by Fields under the nom de plume Mahatma Kane Jeeves, contains many of the same themes found in his short films: the hectoring family, small-town puritanism, irritating children, the love of drink and smoke.
Sep 3, 2015 · 1940: Studio portrait of American actor and comedian W C Fields (1880 - 1946), aka Mahatma Kane Jeeves, aka Otis Criblecoblis, with top hat and cane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
