W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom

Becoming a Cultural Icon

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de Arthur Frank Wertheim

Type: Biographies
Sujet: Actor > W.C. Fields
Mots Clés: W.C. Fields, comical
Année d'édition: 2019
Editeur: Palgrave MacMillan
Collection: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Langue: anglais

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Hardcover • 470 pages
6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches (16 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-137-47329-5

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Description de l'ouvrage:
W. C. Fields is known as a virtuoso comedian and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes. As the first author to use the newly-opened Fields Papers at the Academy library, Arthur Frank Wertheim illuminates the comedian’s arduous ascent to stardom during Hollywood's golden age. The book reveals details of Fields’s turbulent private life, from his wife's refusal to divorce, to his estranged son, and to his fleeting relationships with women. Here is a portrait of an aggrieved artist whose emotional anguish found refuge in his poignant comedy about life’s frustrations and the human condition. This third volume in Wertheim's trilogy documents Fields's rise to iconic status during the counterculture 1960s, creating a legacy of his comedy for generations to come.

À propos de l'auteur :
Arthur Frank Wertheim is the author of the first two volumes in the W.C. Fields trilogy illuminating the comedian’s life and career: W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway (Palgrave, 2014) and W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen (Palgrave, 2016).

Revue de Presse:
"A thorough, insightful study not only of Fields’ film comedies, but of the inner turmoil that fueled his genius." (Kirkus, kirkusreviews.com, December 29, 2019)

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