mike48128 It's an excellent film in spite of the facts that they disliked each other but were professionals on camera. A legendary pairing up of 2 screen icons. Funniest "gags" included: Their meeting on the train and fake marriage. Mae West as a schoolteacher teaching "good little boys how to be real good". The "marriage" is never "consumated" and she puts a goat in the bed! (Not as risqué as it sounds.) Many plot ideas used here were recycled in several newer comic westerns, including "Paleface", "The Harvey Girls" and "The Shakiest Gun in the West". Main plot: Mae West has to marry the no-good gambler (Fields) so she can become respectable and not get run out of town by Margret Hamilton. There is also a masked "kissing bandit" and gun-play. (Mae West picks off "them Indians" like she's in a shootin' gallery.) Both stars were well past their prime and most noticeably W.C. Fields. Stunt doubles used throughout. Her best film was actually "I'm No Angel" and his best was either "It's a Gift" or "The Bank Dick", depending on your personal taste. A very clever exchange of signature "lines" at the very end of the movie between Mae West and W.C. Fields. "Drat"!

tavm This is the only film comedy legends W.C. Fields and Mae West made together. They're both larger-than-life characters who usually dominate their movies by themselves with only occasional help from talented supporting players to guide them through their classic shtick. They only share few scenes together but there's some gold in those few scenes though it's even better when they do separate and interact with the usual character types both have been known to associate with. One player here who does well with both is Margaret Hamilton, fresh from her Wicked Witch of the West role in The Wizard of Oz, who scowls her best scowl and acts suitably flustered whenever she encounters these two either together or separately. In summary, My Little Chickadee is worthy of these two legendary comedians despite some unevenness on the part of the screenplay they both wrote.

Lechuguilla An Old West comedy that doesn't make a lot of sense, "My Little Chickadee" is mostly a cinematic vehicle for the talents of its two stars: Mae West and W.C. Fields.Mae, all decked out in flowery glad rags, does her usual shtick, as she rolls her eyes, smiles mischievously, and walks in the slinky, suggestive manner that she's known for. I love it. She doesn't "act" so much as she projects her own unique on-stage persona. In this film she sings only one song: "Willie Of The Valley". It's okay, but I could have wished for a song more suitable to her wonderfully bawdy public image.Wearing a high top hat and white gloves, and with that big nose and eccentric way of speaking, W.C. Fields plays Cuthbert J. Twillie, a blustery, flamboyant older man who uses big words to impress, and devious tricks to hoodwink. He's not seriously criminal, just a good-natured, booze-loving flimflam man trying to get along in life as best he knows how. Sometimes he succeeds, sometimes not. Fields is just as unique as Mae West. And his comedic routine is straight out of vaudeville.The script's dialogue contains lines that highlight the humor of Fields, like when he tries to impress Flower Belle (Mae West): "The days of chivalry are not over. I've been worried about you my little peach fuzz. Have you been loitering somewhere? ... You are the epitome of erudition, the double superlative ...". His flowery metaphors sometimes get on Flower Belle's nerves, like when he says to her: "I climb the ladder of love to reach for the stars". She snaps back: "I'm in no mood for astronomy".For all his bluster, Twillie is actually the weaker of the two characters. It's Flower Belle who uses a pistol to knock off villainous Indians, and Twillie whose use of a kid's slingshot backfires.In this story, Margaret Hamilton, in her best witch voice, plays a histrionic busybody, in a support role.This is a film that will appeal mostly to fans of Fields and/or West. I think the film probably showcases Fields' talents a little better than those of West. What hurt this film is the real-life villainous Production Code which tried to water down the bawdy dialogue. As a result, both the plot and some of the dialogue come across as flat. Had the self-righteous censors left the scriptwriters alone, "My Little Chickadee" could have really sizzled.

MartinHafer Parts of this movie are great--particularly those with WC Fields. In particular, I liked the horrible and cowardly way that he dealt with the attack on the train--pushing hapless little kids with cap guns out the door to face the onslaught! But, you'll no doubt discover that although this is a WC Fields and Mae West film, they don't interact much together, as they apparently hated each other and had to often be filmed separately. Mae's moments are generally flat compared to Fields' as she once again plays the trampy old broad who every man MUST possess (god only knows why). While the film certainly has some excellent moments, there are better films by Fields you can watch (such as IT'S A GIFT, THE BANK DICK, etc.). As for West, this is probably a better than average effort from her as at least her character is slightly different than her usual 1930s fare.