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Description edit
Providing a detailed account of W.C. Fields's artistic path to the cinema, this biography aims to disentangle the facts from the lies and myths nurtured by Fields himself. It traces the origins of his comedy in the vaudeville sketches which he wrote himself, and then follows his career from... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bill Fields: Add a description of this character.
- Hattie
- Claude Dukenfield
- W. C. Fields
- Will Fowler
- J. P. Mcevoy
- Chaplin
- Keith
- Will Rogers
- Griffith
- Houdini
- Fanny Brice
- Carlotta Monti
- Ambrose
- Mack Sennett
- Ziegfeld
- Harrigan
- Sally
- Bessie Poole
- Louise Brooks
- Ronald Fields
- Bert Williams
- Mcintyre
- Breen
- Carroll
- Walter
- Tillie
- Heath
- Taylor
- John Barrymore
- Eddie Cantor
- Chester Conklin
- James
- Eddie Sutherland
- O. K. Sato
- Jack
- Claude Junior
- Buster Keaton
- Irwin
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Hollywood
- London
- Philadelphia
- America
- Orpheum
- Paris
- Europe
- Australia
- Los Angeles
- Germany
- Bisbee
- Era
- South Africa
- United States
- Berlin
- Chicago
- England
- California
- Washington
- Mae West
- San Francisco
- Manchester
- Kansas City
- Pennsylvania
- Melbourne
- New Jersey
- Boston
- Johannesburg
- Ohio
- Brooklyn
- Sydney
- Providence
- Cape Town
- New York Dramatic Mirror
- Birmingham
- Bergen
- France
- Paramount
- Indianapolis
- China
- Buffalo
- Mississippi
- Manhattan
- Mexico
- Alhambra
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: England
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0571176100
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Country: England
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0571176100
Page Count: 400
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