W.C. Fields at 100

100 years ago today, W.C. Fields made his movie debut in a silent short, Pool Sharks. He doesn't yet have the screen persona he would later develop, though there are several details that do point to the future. For instance, there's a brief moment when...let's say he doesn't get along with little kids even in his first movie. And playing a game of pool is a recurring gag that he used throughout his career.

Here is Pool Sharks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kToO5B9ZME