(Gregory La Cava, US 1926, 67 min.)

W.C. Fields plays an inventor with an idea for a shatterproof windshield and a penchant for—what else?—booze. Fields may have been best-known for his cynical twang and gin-soaked wisecracks, but he was also an expert pantomime: His Vaudeville-honed stage skills made him a silent-screen natural, and this delightful farce from director Gregory La Cava (My Man Godfrey, Stage Door) shows Fields at his pre-sound-era best. Preserved by the Library of Congress. Preceded by Fields in THE POOLSHARK (Edwin Middleton, US 1915, 15 min.). Live piano by Philip C. Carli.