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    photos, and personal notes in grandson Ronald Fields's book W. C. Fields by Himself, it was shown that Fields was married (and subsequently estranged from...
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  • W. C. Fields and Me is a 1976 American biographical film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Rod Steiger and Valerie Perrine. The screenplay by Bob...
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    his appearances in three W. C. Fields films: Tillie and Gus (1933), The Old Fashioned Way (1934) and It's a Gift (1934). Fields recounted a difficult shooting...
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  • first five years. His documentaries have focused on four comedians: WC. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Woody Allen. His latest documentary, Kurt...
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    it. An' splinters, too." Charlie's feud with W. C. Fields was a regular feature of the show. W. C. Fields: "Well, if it isn't Charlie McCarthy, the woodpecker's...
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  • The Barber Shop (category Films with screenplays by W. C. Fields)
    American pre-Code comedy film starring W.C. Fields, directed by Arthur Ripley, and produced by Mack Sennett. W. C. Fields ... Cornelius O'Hare Elise Cavanna...
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  • best-selling memoir W. C. Fields & Me, published in 1971, described her life and experiences with Fields. It was adapted for the 1976 film W.C. Fields and Me, starring...
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    theatre. During the Follies era, many of the top entertainers, including W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Ann Pennington, Bert Williams...
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  • in turn, recommended comedian and Dickens scholar W. C. Fields for the part. A clause in Fields' contract stated that he had to play the part with a...
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  • 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce and W. C. Fields, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and released by Paramount Pictures...
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