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"W. C. Fields By Himself - His Intended Autobiography" Commentary by Ronald J. Fields, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1973. ISBN 0-13-944462-9. This is an invaluable work for anyone interested in Fields' career. Fields' grandson has collected together his letters, scripts, reviews and newspaper articles.
My Little Chickadee is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek, Willard Robertson, Dick Foran, William B. Davidson, and Addison Richards, and released by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Edward F. Cline and the music was written by Ben ...
W. C. Fields. I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes. W. C. Fields. Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil. W. C. Fields. Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one. W. C. Fields.
[From "Kovacs Corner" on YouTube.com] - William Claude Dukenfield, known professionally as W.C. Fields, with his bizarre and iconoclastic sense of humor, cer...
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W. C. Fields and Philip Goodman, 1920s. Library of Congress. Actor W. C. Fields (1880-1946) suggested the sardonic phrase “I’d Rather Be in Philadelphia” as an epitaph for himself in a 1925 Vanity Fair article. Fields, born in Philadelphia, launched his entertainment career in venues around the Philadelphia area, performing as a silent ...
W. C. Fields. William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946) was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer.
asadena, Calif., Dec. 25--W. C. Fields, the comedian whose deadpan gestures, raspy remarks and "never give a sucker an even break" characterizations made him a showman beloved the nation over, died today at the age of 66. He was equally well know in show business for his ad libbing and complete disregard for prepared scripts, either in the ...
