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 #:
00058
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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CHAPTER SIX F _tlEL ields new job was at a neighboring pier which was also a kind of staging point for traveling troupes. The proprietor lacked the progressive ideas of Fortescue, operating, for one thing, without a drowner, but he was deployed over a wider area. He tried out acts at the pier, then, if he could talk them into it, he sent them on the road. His employment of Fields opened up new and dismal adventures for the boy juggler. The pier was, in a way, a springboard, though situated, as it were, beside a dry pool. Rested and dehydrated, Fields was an immediate success in his new situation. His co-ordination returned and his spirits brightened. It was not long before he was tapped for a road tour. "You're too big for the pier," the manager told him. "I'm going to put you in one of my traveling burlesque companies. Very high-class, artistic-type entertainment." Exhibiting the business acumen that had caused him to score so heavily with the benefit, Fields replied, "What's the salary?" "Eighteen a week, transportation, and the best of lodgings," said the manager. "You'll be booked out of my New York office." Fields joined the company in New York and the members headed in the general direction of the Middle West. For people 44