Directing

Leslie Pearce

Born April 20, 1887

Died August 17, 1977 · aged 90

Arnold Leslie Pearce (20 April 1887 – 17 August 1977) was a New Zealand film director,[1] who directed numerous short films in Hollywood during the 1930s, including several with W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby.

Known For

Billboard GirlBillboard Girl · 1932
Billboard Girl
4.61932
MovieComedyMusic
Bing and a buddy drive to the college town where Bing's penpal, a billboard model, goes to school. Little does he know he's being pranked by one of her male classmates.
The Fall GuyThe Fall Guy · 1930
The Fall Guy
6.31930
MovieComedyCrime
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre, unemployed, wise-cracking brother and various neighbors while keeping house in their Brooklyn tenement.
Bulldog DrummondBulldog Drummond · 1929
Bulldog Drummond
6.51929
MovieActionThriller
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. He gets what he's looking for when a girl requests his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home. She believes the home is just a front and that her uncle is really being held captive while the culprits try to extort his fortune from him.
W.C. Fields: 6 Short FilmsW.C. Fields: 6 Short Films · 2000
W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films
7.32000
MovieComedy
A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and, of course, the notorious The Dentist." Pool Sharks is his first film ever, released in 1915; the rest are all five of Fields’ talking shorts, released from 1930 to 1933.
The Delightful RogueThe Delightful Rogue · 1929
The Delightful Rogue
9.01929
MovieDrama
A modern-day pirate vies with a society playboy for the love of a dancer.
Blue of the NightBlue of the Night · 1931
Blue of the Night
5.81931
MovieComedyMusic
Starring Bing Crosby as himself in a short comedy/romance telling a tale of mistaken identity. Two-reeler; directed by Mack Sennett
The DentistThe Dentist · 1932
The Dentist
6.01932
MovieComedy
An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
Don't Play Bridge With Your WifeDon't Play Bridge With Your Wife · 1933
Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
1933
MovieComedy
A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.

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