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

Record Details:

Title:
W. C. Fields : his follies and fortunes
Date:
1949
Publisher:
Garden City, NY : Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Volume:
W. C. Fields : his follies and fortunes
Leaf #:
00012
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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Illustrations In his Long Island movie period, Fields exhibits the comfortable garb of the typical dedicated golfer The gay blade of musical comedy and a pair of Broadway beauties Fields and Zazu Pitts in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Fields blocks an ill-advised cinema attempt to ply him with water Fields and Baby LeRoy The adhesive Mrs. Micawber offers pearls from her maternal experience to the departing Copperfield Carlotta Monti Fields and his actor friend, Sam Hardy Bob Howard reluctantly supplies refreshment to the comedian in the course of a rigorous health session Fields presents his notion of a ventriloquist with a dummy in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man A friendly game with Bergen and McCarthy Fields in The Bank Dick Vlll