Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze is a 1935 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a henpecked husband who experiences a series of misadventures while taking a day off from work to attend a wrestling match. As with his other roles of this nature, Fields is put-upon throughout the film, but triumphs in the end. This was the final film directed by Clyde Bruckman.
Theatrical release poster
William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.
Fields in 1938
Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925
Fields's prominent warning to "Nibblers" in the June 13, 1919, issue of Variety threatening legal action against anyone using his material
Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy with Fields on The Chase and Sanborn Hour, c. 1945