The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) on Netflix
Pa Snavely prospects and Ma Snavely runs their farm in the Yukon. Their son Chester, gone to the big city and drawn into crime by a glass of beer, is coming home.
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Plot summary
Pa Snavely prospects for a living in the far north of the Yukon, and Ma Snavely runs their farm, the two of them alone in a snow-covered log cabin. Their son Chester has left for the big city, where drink and bad companions have drawn him into crime. Pa sings a mournful song about the fatal glass of beer for an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, spelling out the evils of drink and of city company. He opens the cabin door to check the weather and declares it no fit night for man or beast. Chester is on his way back to his parents.
Cast
- Ernie Alexanderas Student Drinker(uncredited)
- Junior Fulleras Student Drinker(uncredited)
- Marvin Lobackas Bartender(uncredited)
- Ted Strobackas Student Drinker(uncredited)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
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- The film's most famous gag, in which W. C. Fields opens a cabin door and exclaims 'And it ain't a fit night out for man or beast' while obviously fake snow is thrown in his face, was later reprised during the 'play-within-the-play' in The Old Fashioned Way (1934).
- An autoharp accompaniment recorded for the film seldom matches W. C. Fields's vocal because he subtly changes keys when the autoharp does not, resulting in a humorously off-key effect.
