| Description |
232 pages portraits 26 cm |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Summary |
First in vaudeville, then in silent films, the comic art of W.C. Fields was his unique ability, antic imagination with masterful pantomime. With the coming of the talkies, Fields added his own special brand of caustic dialogue, to reign for many years as a film star of the first rank. |
| Contents |
W.C. Fields--the image and the man -- The lost films -- The first film -- Hearst, Griffith and Eustace McGargle -- The Long Island years -- "The golf specialist" -- Hollywood and the talkies -- A new image at Paramount -- The Mack Sennett shorts -- Too much footage--too little Fields -- Fields hits his stride -- 1935: Charles Dickens, Booth Tarkington--and Charles Bogle -- The last days at Paramount -- The move to Universal -- Fields tames the West -- The last classic -- Swan song -- The final encores. |
| Subject |
Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946. (OCoLC)fst01753636
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Everson, William K. Art of W.C. Fields. Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill [1967] (OCoLC)590260067 |
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