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The art of W.C. Fields / by William K. Everson.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Everson, William K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946--Criticism and interpretation.
- Fields, W. C.
- Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 232 pages : portraits ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, [1967]
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 have dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Everson, William K. Art of W.C. Fields.
- OCLC:
- 1824780
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