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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first five years. His documentaries have focused on four comedians: W. C. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, and Woody Allen. His latest documentary, Kurt...
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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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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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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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"How C W W Kannangara resisted the Bastions of Reaction". Daily News. Retrieved 2 April 2020. Jayetilleke, Rohan L. (15 October 2004). "How C W W Kannangara...
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the "Girl with the Million Dollar Legs" for a role she played in the W. C. Fields film Million Dollar Legs (1932). Her big stage break, which led to her...
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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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John Charles Fields, FRS, FRSC (May 14, 1863 – August 9, 1932) was a Canadian mathematician and the founder of the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement...
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released on VHS and DVD as part of the W.C. Fields Collection in the United Kingdom. Commodore Jackson (W. C. Fields) is the captain of a Mississippi showboat...
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Broadcast of 1938 is a Paramount Pictures musical comedy film starring W. C. Fields and featuring Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the...
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The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933 film) (category Films with screenplays by W. C. Fields)
comedy short film starring W. C. Fields, produced by Mack Sennett, and released theatrically by Paramount Pictures. Written by Fields and directed by Clyde...
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comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films International House, The Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an...
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film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles...
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LIU Post (redirect from C. W. Post College)
LIU Post, formally the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University and often referred to as C. W. Post, is a private university in Brookville, New York...
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and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays himself...
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nightclub appearances. She may be best remembered for her appearance with W. C. Fields in the film Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Gloria Jean was...
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Carpenter sequence, which was animated by Harman-Ising Studio. Stars include W. C. Fields as Humpty Dumpty, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, Cary Grant as the...
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typical comedy feature of the day. Sennett wanted W. C. Fields to star as a carnival hypnotist, but Fields declined and the role went to Ernest Torrence,...
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house, an auditorium, and a private zoo. The picnic sequence in the W. C. Fields silent film It's the Old Army Game (1926), which is extant, was shot...
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Clara A. L. Virginia Fields, better known as C. Virginia Fields (née Clark; born August 6, 1945), is an American politician who served as Borough President...
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Way may refer to: The Old Fashioned Way (film), a 1934 film starring W. C. Fields The Old Fashioned Way (song), the English version of Charles Aznavour's...
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American silent comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring W. C. Fields and Alice Joyce. It was written by J. Clarkson Miller based on the story...
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Bunch, a group of cowboys, which then were replaced by W.C. Fritos, modeled after comedian W. C. Fields. Adobados (in Mexico) Bar-B-Q Bar-B-Q Hoops (in Canada)...
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The Bank Dick (category Films with screenplays by W. C. Fields)
United Kingdom, is a 1940 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Set in Lompoc, California, Fields plays Egbert Sousé, a drunk who accidentally thwarts...
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primping little actress Miss Plupp in The Bank Dick (1940) starring W. C. Fields and as the anxious housemaid Annie in Life with Father (1947) starring...
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My Little Chickadee (category Films with screenplays by W. C. Fields)
Chickadee is a 1940 American comedy-western film starring Mae West and W. C. Fields, featuring Joseph Calleia, Ruth Donnelly, Margaret Hamilton, Donald Meek...
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