The Dentist (1932 film)

The Dentist
Directed byLeslie Pearce
Written byW. C. Fields
Produced byMack Sennett
StarringW. C. Fields
Babe Kane
Elise Cavanna
Dorothy Granger
CinematographyJohn W. Boyle
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • September 9, 1932 (1932-09-09)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Dentist is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy short starring W. C. Fields. The film is one of four shorts Fields made with the "king of comedy," Mack Sennett, at Paramount. Although Sennett was near the end of his career, he found good use of the new medium of talking pictures for comedy, as the film demonstrates. It was directed by Leslie Pearce from a script by Fields himself. The film has been released on VHS and DVD.