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W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen - Becoming a Character Comedian (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen - Becoming a Character Comedian (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
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This book reveals how Fields became a character comedian while
performing in Broadway's most illustrious revue, the Ziegfeld
Follies. As the first biography to use the recently opened Fields
Papers at the Motion Picture Academy, the book explores how Fields
years as a Follies entertainer portraying a beleaguered husband and
a captivating conman became a landmark turning point in his career,
leading to his fame as a masterful film comedian. The book also
untangles a web of mysteries about Fields's turbulent private life,
from the heartrending stories about the tragic relationship with
his calculating wife who refused to divorce him, to his estranged
son controlled by his mother, to the seven-year extra-marital
affair with a chorus girl that led to the birth of an unwanted
child. This electrifying saga illuminates a complex dual
personality, whirling from tenderness to brusqueness, who endured
so much anguish in order to bring the gift of laughter to millions.
Although vilified by Ziegfeld and assailed by demons, Fields
survived the cutthroat rigors of Broadway show biz to become a
legendary American iconoclast and cultural icon.
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