Poppy (Paramount), in which W. C. Fields played on the stage in 1923 and the silent screen in 1925, is still an almost ideal vehicle for its bulb-nosed star. As Professor Eustace McGargle, broken down carnival spieler accompanied by his docile & devoted ward (Rochelle Hudson), he wanders into a village tent show, bulldozes the proprietor into giving him a concession, teaches yokels the intricacies of the pea & shell game, palms off his ward as heiress to the town's biggest fortune. By the time it has been established that she really...
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