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W.C. Fields (right).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection.

Pool Sharks
Also known as {The Pool Shark}
(1915) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by Edwin Middleton

Cast: W.C. Fields

L. Gaumont and Company [USA] production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Casino Star Comedies]. / Released September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in Flushing, New York.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Douris UK Limited film holdings (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm presentation positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Games: Pool - Love triangles - Pool tables

Listing updated: 24 June 2009.

References: Film viewing : Fields-Fields pp. 61, 267; Lahue-World p. 101.

Home video: DVD.

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