W C Fields

Author : James L. Neibaur
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476665306

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The W.C. Fields Films by James L. Neibaur Pdf

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.

Author : James Curtis
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015056206538

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W.C. Fields by James Curtis Pdf

Provides a revealing glimpse of the man and artist behind the image of the gin-guzzling misanthrope, discussing Fields' Philadelphia childhood, his career in vaudeville, his turbulent personal life, and his seminal film work.

Author : W. C. Fields
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781630761738

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Fields for President by W. C. Fields Pdf

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."

Author : Carlotta Monti,Cy Rice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Actors
ISBN : 0139444548

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W.C. Fields & Me by Carlotta Monti,Cy Rice Pdf

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1617034037

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Groucho and W.C. Fields by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

Author : Gregory William Mank
Publisher : Feral House
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-01
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781932595673

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Hollywood's Hellfire Club by Gregory William Mank Pdf

They made fans go crazy and censors apoplectic, spent fortunes faster than they made them, forged Rembrandts and hung them in major museums, went on trial for committing statutory rape with necrophiliac teenage girls, reinterpreted Hamlet as an incestuous mama's boy,and swilled immeasurable quantities of spirits during week-long parties on wobbly yachts. They were "The Bundy Drive Boys," and they made the Rat Pack look like Cub Scouts. Their self-destructiveness was spectacular, the misanthropy profound, but behind the boozy bravado was a devoted mutual affection. The Bundy Drive Boys' un-bowdlerized stories have never been illustrated so well or told so completely as within Hollywood's Hellfire Club. Author Gregory William Mank also wrote It's Alive!: The Classic Cinema Saga of Frankenstein and Hollywood Cauldron.

Author : W. C. Fields
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781630761721

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

Fields never got around to writing his autobiography, but at his death in 1946, he left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios, and photographs. Now his grandson, Ronald J. Fields, has edited and woven this wealth of previously unpublished material into a unique new portrait of the Great One--in his own words. This book establishes the true facts about W.C. Fields's early years: how, around 1895, he really got started juggling; how met his future wife Hattie; and how he felt about his incessant tours, triumphs, and film career.

Author : A. Wertheim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137300676

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W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway by A. Wertheim Pdf

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.

Author : Richard J. Anobile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0517129647

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A Flask of Fields by Richard J. Anobile Pdf

Author : Arthur Frank Wertheim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-18
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1629335916

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The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields by Arthur Frank Wertheim Pdf

Arthur Frank Wertheim's groundbreaking book is the first to examine W.C. Fields' twelve silent movies and how they influenced his later career in sound films. The author concludes that Fields might never have become one of the prem-ier comedians during the Golden Age of Sound Films without first embarking on a career in silent movies. In this explo-ration, readers will discover new insights and surprises concerning Fields' experiences in this medium. The Silent Movies of W.C. Fields details Fields' early failed screen attempts, which resulted in his decision not to abandon his successful Ziegfeld Follies career, a choice that would prevent him from joining the pantheon of great silent film stars: Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd---each of whom, by 1925, had achieved worldwide recog-nition and success. Wertheim relates how Fields would have to struggle against all types of roadblocks to reach the second pantheon tier - and how legendary filmmaker D. W. Griffith came to his rescue by directing two of his silent pictures. The Silent Movies of W.C. Fields is a comprehensive depiction of Fields' early years in New York and Holly-wood, his personal and professional trials and accomplishments, his triumphs and disillusionments, each of which would lead to his ultimate screen legacy. Generously illustrated with many new and rare photos, The Silent Movies of W.C. Fields will prove invaluable to fans of both the comic genius of W.C. Fields and his pristine time of moviemaking. Arthur Frank Wertheim has written numerous books on Twentieth Century American Culture including The New York Little Renaissance and Radio Comedy. He has also co-edited with Barbara Bair three volumes on the The Papers of Will Rogers and edited Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies and American Popular Culture. An American history professor at several universities, his awards include a Fulbright grant to teach at the Univer-sity of Indonesia. He has recently published a three-volume biography on W. C. Fields.

Author : Ronald J. Fields,Shaun Higgins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business
ISBN : 0735200564

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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break by Ronald J. Fields,Shaun Higgins Pdf

As the 21st century looms and business cynicism increases, W.C. Fields holds up a mirror for readers that uncannily reflects the state of the late 20th-century business world. Photos.

Author : Arthur Frank Wertheim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781349949861

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W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen by Arthur Frank Wertheim Pdf

This book reveals how Fields became a character comedian while performing in Broadway’s most illustrious revue, the Ziegfeld Follies. As the first biography to use the recently opened Fields Papers at the Motion Picture Academy, the book explores how Fields years as a Follies entertainer portraying a beleaguered husband and a captivating conman became a landmark turning point in his career, leading to his fame as a masterful film comedian. The book also untangles a web of mysteries about Fields’s turbulent private life, from the heartrending stories about the tragic relationship with his calculating wife who refused to divorce him, to his estranged son controlled by his mother, to the seven-year extra-marital affair with a chorus girl that led to the birth of an unwanted child. This electrifying saga illuminates a complex dual personality, whirling from tenderness to brusqueness, who endured so much anguish in order to bring the gift of laughter to millions. Although vilified by Ziegfeld and assailed by demons, Fields survived the cutthroat rigors of Broadway show biz to become a legendary American iconoclast and cultural icon.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498462

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : John Leverence
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0879720638

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Irving Wallace by John Leverence Pdf

This profile of the man and the writer is an introduction to the personality behind The Chapman Report and The Fan Club. Through correspondence, diaries, manuscript annotations, interviews and other private sources, the profile reveals the man who began as a sports stringer for a Wisconsin newspaper and is now one of the world's most popular novelists.

Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCAL:B3571219

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W. C. Fields by Wes D. Gehring Pdf

All students of the Great Man's'career will have to rely on this work. . . . Perhaps Gehring's greatest contributio here is his discussion of 23 sketches that Fields copyrighted that are now in the Library of Congress. Choice