The Barber Shop

The Barber Shop

1933 · 21 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

An inept barber maintains his good-humored optimism in his small town shop despite having a hen-pecking harridan for a wife and a total lack of sartorial skill.

Directed by Arthur Ripley · Written by W.C. Fields

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