mike48128 Review of Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs (1932)

A Lost W.C. Fields Film-Great fun and Satire!

[9/10 · 23 September 2015]

Not quite "International House" but a lot of mad satire. Directed by Edward Cline who directed some of W.C. Field's best movies. A "Duck Soup" type of story that makes great fun of government bureaucracy and politics. The obscure, poor country of "Klopstokia" where W.C. Fields is the President because he always wins at hand wrestling. The country has two main products: goats and nuts. All the men are named George and all the women are named Angela, even the goats! Jack Oakie plays Migg Tweeny, an American brush salesman and falls in love with "Angela" the President's only daughter. (Susan Fleming) Several scenes will remind you of the palace in "Duck Soup". Giant doors and buttons for everything. Stars many old-time comedy actors: Ben Turpin (as "The Cross-eyed Spy"). Plus Andy Clyde, Billy Gilbert, and many others. Lyda Roberti plays the spellbinding blonde spy "Mata Macree". She vamps around and does a "hoochie-koochie" dance that puts Klopstokia's male Olympic team in a trance. The country is completely broke, and must win the 1932 Olympics without fail! Great fun, as any Field's film always is, but not as funny as some of his other films. True Field's fans, however, will love it! Presently, only available as a "Vault DVD-R", custom pressed for TCM by Universal, from a restored print in "fair" condition. Also, coming soon in an $80 DVD (not Blu-Ray) W.C. Fields Box Set from Universal.