Fields for President
Fields for President

Author: W.C. Fields

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-02-01

Total Pages: 135

ISBN-13: 1630761737

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In this wonderful parody from 1940, W.C. Fields announces his candidacy for America's highest office. He offers sound advice on a number of topics in classic Fields-style humor in his attempt to win votes. "Campaign resolutions are no better than New Year's resolutions," he writes. "They are thrown together hastily at the last minute, with never a thought as to how they may be gracefully broken. Now, I am a candidate with years of experience breaking New Year's resolutions, and what I can accomplish with those, I can certainly accomplish with campaign resolutions."

W. C. Fields by Himself
W. C. Fields by Himself

Author: William Claude Fields

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J : Prentice-Hall

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13:

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At his death in 1946, W.C. Fields left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios, and photographs. His grandson, Ronald J. Fields, has edited and woven this wealth of hitherto unpublished material into a unique new portrait of the great one--in his own words.

Hollywood's Hellfire Club
Hollywood's Hellfire Club

Author: Gregory William Mank

Publisher: Feral House

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1932595244

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They were the Bundy Drive Boys: hard-drinking, brilliantly talented, world-famous men of golden-age Hollywood - John Barrymore, Errol Flynn and W.C. Fields. Heroes with Hangovers tells the uncensored and ultimately moving story of these lost-soul geniuses. The partying and antics of the Rat Pack seem tame in comparison, but beneath the boozy bravado was a devoted mutual affection. Illustrated with dozens of never-before-seen photos and illustrations, this is the sozzled side of Hollywood's great era.

The W.C. Fields Films
The W.C. Fields Films

Author: James L. Neibaur

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-04-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1476665303

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W.C. Fields was at the top among comedians during Hollywood's Golden Era of the 1930s and 1940s and has since remained a comic icon. Despite his character's misanthropic, child-hating, alcoholic tendencies, his performances were enduringly popular and Fields became personally defined by them. This critical study of his work provides commentary and background on each of his films, from the early silents through the cameos near the end of his life, with fresh appraisals of his well known classics. Pictures once believed to be lost that have been discovered and restored are discussed, and new information is given on some that remain lost.

W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway
W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway

Author: A. Wertheim

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-09

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1137300671

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W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.

Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze

Author: Simon Louvish

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 9780393318401

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Louvish brilliantly sifts through evidence of W.C. Fields' own self-creation to illuminate the vaudeville world from which he rose to become the beloved cinematic curmudgeon and comic genius of his time. Photos.

The Gag Man
The Gag Man

Author: Matthew Dessem

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781941629192

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A moving and in-depth biography of one of Hollywood's early, forgotten pioneers.