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THE BANK DICK
September 4, 2015  | By David Bianculli

TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET

 
It’s been 100 years since W.C. Fields started making film shorts in New York. To mark the occasion, TCM is presenting a prime-time salute to the classic comedian, showing four wonderful Fields movies. One of them, 1935’s David Copperfield (12:30 a.m. ET), has him playing it semi-straight as a broad Dickensian character – but the other movies are pure, undiluted Fields of joy. It’s a Gift, from 1934, is shown at 9:30 p.m. ET, and 1939’s You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man is shown at 11 p.m. ET. And the evening begins at 8 p.m. ET with 1940’s classic The Bank Dick, one of his most famous comedies. Prepare to laugh – a lot.
 
 
 
 
 
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