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Poppy is a 1936 comedy film starring W. C. Fields and Rochelle Hudson. The film was based on a 1923 stage revue of the same name starring Fields and Madge Kennedy. This was the second film version of the revue featuring Fields, following Sally of the Sawdust in 1925 with Carol Dempster in the title role.
- June 17, 1936
Based upon the 1923 musical comedy by Dorothy Donnelly, this film from director A. Edward Sutherland features W.C. Fields as a carny named Professor Eustace P. McGargle. He travels the country with his grown daughter Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), conducting shell games and selling bottles of elixir, while she sings to attract crowds.
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- Paramount
- A. Edward Sutherland
Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A carnival con man tries to pass off his daughter as heiress to a great estate. Cast & Crew. Read More. A. Edward Sutherland. Director. W. C. Fields. Prof. Eustace McGargle. Rochelle Hudson. Poppy. Richard Cromwell. Billy Farnsworth. Catharine Doucet. Countess Maggi Tubbs DePuizzi. Lynne Overman.
- A. Edward Sutherland, Richard Harlan
- W. C. Fields
Poppy is a film directed by A. Edward Sutherland with W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Lynne Overman .... Year: 1936. Original title: Poppy. Synopsis: Poppy, daughter of carnival medicine salesman Professor McGargle, falls in love with the Mayor's son.
- A. Edward Sutherland
- W.C. Fields
Synopsis: A con-artist (W.C. Fields) traveling through a small town attempts to pass off his grown daughter, Poppy (Rochelle Hudson), as the long-lost heiress to a local fortune; meanwhile, Poppy falls in love with the mayor’s son (Richard Cromwell), causing scandal in the town. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Poppy is the film version of the Dorothy Donnelly musical comedy which made W.C. Fields a Broadway star back in 1923 (an earlier, less-faithful version, also starring Fields and retitled Sally of the Sawdust, was directed by D. W. Griffith in 1926).
Overview. Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy. A. Edward Sutherland. Director. Waldemar Young. Writer. Virginia Van Upp. Writer.
