W. C. Fields : his follies and fortunes (1949)

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ILLUSTRATIONS These illustrations follow page 54 Fields in one of his greatest roles as Micawber in David Copperfield Micawber steps warily through a world a-swarm with sharp-eyed creditors The young vaudeville star on tour in Australia in 1903 In Six of a Kind, Fields' face betrays a suspicion that his pool cue may not be altogether straight Adjacent sufferers in Six of a Kind include Mary Boland, Gracie Allen, and George Burns John Barrymore and his close friend, Fields, the mighty lover Fields and Allison Skipworth in // / Had a Million Fields, as Cuthbert J. Twilly, directs a romantic leer at Mae West in My Little Chickadee The unctuous faker of Poppy suggests a pose to Edward Steichen for Vanity Fair A favorite stunt of his vaudeville days Fields in upper-class regalia for a Broadway show The star of Poppy, a hit Broadway musical vii