My Little Chickadee1940
My Little Chickadee (1940)
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Movie Info
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Cast
as Flower Belle Lee
as Cuthbert J. Twillie
as Wayne Carter
as Jeff Badger
as Mrs. Gideon

as Clarence
as Deputy

as Himself

as Candy

as Coco
as Cousin Zeb
as Miss Ermingarde Foster
as Aunt Lou
as Uncle John

as Boy
as Amos Budget
as Sheriff
as Judge

as Boy

as Mrs. 'Pygmy' Allen

as Woman

as Hotel Clerk
as Squawk Mulligan
as Henchman

as Henchman
as Henchman

as Henchman

as Pete the Printer

as Chinaman
as Sheriff
as Schoolboy

as Schoolboy

as Barfly
as Schoolboy

as Lem the Schoolboy

as Boy

as Boy

as Boy

as Boy
as Gambler

as Gambler
as Leading Citizen
as Leading Citizen

as Porter

as Bowlegged Man

as Barfly
as Barfly

as Train Passenger

as Townsman
as Townsman

as Diner

as Indian squaw
as Porter

as Townsman

as Bowlegged man

as Train Conductor

as Townsman

as Townsman

as Man

as Townsman

as Man
as Townsman
Critic Reviews for My Little Chickadee
All Critics (11) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (1)
It's really not a good movie, but it had something special about it that defied a rational critique.
One of THE classic W.C. Fields films; includes adversary Mae West, a plus.
Two greats blow it. Both have done far better.
Fields and West, two comic forces collide and both come out on town. A timeless treasure of comedy.
Neither Fields' nor West's best, but essential comedy all the same
Audience Reviews for My Little Chickadee
even i do like mae west but i didn't enjoy this movie. the reason i choose to review it now is because i feel like to vent!

Super Reviewer
The combination of W.C. Fields and Mae West winds up being not as good as it sounds. My Little Chickadee takes place in the old west. When Mae West falls for a "Zorro" type masked bandit, she's sent to live in another town to keep her honor intact (har har). On the train ride, she meets W.C., and mistakes his satchel full of whiskey coupons for a sack full of money and agrees to marry him in order to get that money. Meanwhile, W.C. is appointed sheriff of the town by the local bar owner (who sort of controls the town), as he thinks W.C. will make a good patsy. Add to this the local newspaper publisher, who's on a crusade to clean up the town and make it wholesome. Of course, all of the above men are in love with the aging West. And who could help themselves? She doesn't recite her lines so much as purr and growl them. West is all affectation and innuendo, and it's not particularly good innuendo. Her performance is very flat, to say the least, and as she was nearing 50 at the time (albiet a very attractive and young-looking 50), her schtick isn't very convincing . W.C. gives it his best, but the material just isn't up to his usual standard. It's a typical cowboy type picture with very little enthusiasm from the cast. I can't remember any of the gags, other than West limp-wristedly shooting indians out the train car window with deadeye accuracy. Pretty forgettable.

Super Reviewer
I?ll be honest, I was screwing around on the computer while I was ?watching? this, so I didn?t get a whole lot out of it. The film provides a fairly inspired on screen pairing of Mae West and W.C. Fields, two sort of old-timey vaudeville types both with a slightly raunchy (for the time) edge. The film?s western storyline is pretty stupid, it?s mainly an excuse for the two to engage in their trademark banter. This might actually be the first time I?ve actually watched a Mae West film, though I was pretty familiar with her shtick, which has permeated pop culture. I can?t say I was very impressed by her, her signature way of speaking got old as hell pretty quick. I was a lot more familiar with Fields, but he doesn?t really seem to be ?on? here. Overall this was a big piece of meh.

Super Reviewer
My Little Chickadee Quotes
Cuthbert J. Twillie: | If you're ever up in the Grampian Hills, you must come up and see me sometime. |
Flower Belle Lee: | Oh, yeah, yeah...ill do that, My Little Chickadee! |
Cuthbert J. Twillie: | Will you take me? |
Flower Belle Lee: | I'll take you -- and how. |
Cuthbert J. Twillie: | Will you take me? |
Flower Belle Lee: | I'll take you -- and how. |