14 Apr 1939
Clown Princes
The Our Gang kids put on a circus in the barn to raise money to help Porky's family pay the rent and avoid getting evicted.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
Top Billed Cast
W.C. Fields Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Cheerful
Constance Moore Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush Roger Bel-Goodie
Thurston Hall Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Edward Brophy Corbett
Arthur Hohl Burr
Princess Baba Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Charlie McCarthy Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)
Mortimer Snerd Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
Blacaman Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Ernie Adams Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Arnold 1st Debutante (uncredited)
Irving Bacon Jailer (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
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