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

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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 #:
000332
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:
September 19, 2024
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W. C. Fields Decker's glasses he had been on the point of returning Carroll's tumblers. That night on the way home he stopped by Fowler's briefly, and the next morning Fowler noticed that he had left a new hat — an expensive black fedora, size seven and a half, from Desmond's in Beverly Hills — hanging on a peg in a closet off Fowler's study. Informed by telephone where the hat was, Fields said, "I left it there on purpose. I bought it for the funeral and I never want to see it again." It still hangs there, quite dusty, not having been disturbed from that day to this. 300