We’ve long since passed 100 posts on the topic of William Claude Dukenfeld, a.k.a. W.C. Fields (1880-1946) on this blog and so we thought we’d mark his birthday (January 29) with this new handy finding aid to help you navigate them. And if you prefer to browse, the W.C. Fields section of Travalanche is here. Below, some of the key posts:
Main Biographical Post (Including Vaudeville Origins)
W.C. Fields and Games (How He Evolved from a Juggler to a Comedian)
Fields Joins the Follies (1915)
Poppy (1923): Fields Comes Into His Own
The Movies:
The Five Film Careers of W.C. Fields
The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Supporting Players and Co-stars:
Essays:
Unfilmed Fields: 20 Movies W.C. Might Have Made But Didn’t
Dreams of Fields Team-Ups That Never Were
Of Flim Flam and Falstaff: W.C. Fields as Fictional Character
The Truth About W.C. Fields and Philadelphia
And many more! Again, browse the entire W.C. Fields section of Travalanche here.
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