Fields, W. C. (William Claude) 1880-1946

Overview

Works:	713 works in 1,658 publications in 6 languages and 25,600 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Comedy films Biographies Autobiographies Film adaptations Silent films Short films Criticism, interpretation, etc Western films Musical films
Roles:	Actor, Author, Performer, Scenarist, Author of screenplay, Host, Narrator, Director, Other, Costume designer, Writer of accompanying material, Contributor, Restager , Dedicatee
Classifications:	PN2287.F45, 791.4375

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about W. C Fields

Groucho and W.C. Fields : huckster comedians by Wes D Gehring( )
W.C. Fields by himself : his intended autobiography by W. C Fields( Book )
W.C. Fields : his follies and fortunes by Robert Lewis Taylor( Book )
The art of W.C. Fields by William K Everson( Book )
W.C. Fields : a biography by James Curtis( Book )

Man on the flying trapeze : the life and times of W.C. Fields by Simon Louvish( Book )
A fatal glass of beer by Stuart M Kaminsky( Book )
The films of W.C. Fields by Donald Deschner( Book )
W.C. Fields & me by Carlotta Monti( Book )
A flask of Fields : verbal & visual gems from the films of W.C. Fields by Richard J Anobile( Book )
Fields for president by W. C Fields( Book )
W.C. Fields, a bio-bibliography by Wes D Gehring( Book )
W.C. Fields : a life on film by Ronald J Fields( Book )
Godfrey Daniels! : verbal and visual gems from the short films of W.C. Fields by W. C Fields( Book )
Alimony( Visual )
Drat! Being the encapsulated view of life by W. C Fields( Book )
W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway stage to the screen : becoming a character comedian by Arthur Frank Wertheim( )
W.C. Fields from burlesque and vaudeville to Broadway : becoming a comedian by Arthur Frank Wertheim( Book )
Hollywood's hellfire club : the misadventures of John Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Errol Flynn and the "Bundy Drive" boys by Gregory W Mank( )
W.C. Fields in The Bank dick by W. C Fields( Book )

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Most widely held works by W. C Fields

The personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield the younger( Visual )

6 editions published between 1935 and 2013 in English and held by 692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

David Copperfield enjoys an idyllic life with his gentle, widowed mother and his loving nurse, Peggotty. Then tragedy strikes when Mr. Murdstone weds David's mother and drives her to an early grave. Despised by his stepfather, the boy is forced to live in misery and poverty until he runs away to throw himself upon the mercy of his eccentric aunt. Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up

My little chickadee by Edward Cline( Visual )

38 editions published between 1939 and 2019 in English and Undetermined and held by 517 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

West portrays voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee, whose reputation is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom. Forced to leave town until she can prove she is respectable-- and married-- Flowerbelle boards a train where she meets incorrigible Guthbert J. Twillie (Fields). Believing he's quite a catch, Flowerbelle accepts Twillie's marriage proposal

W.C. Fields comedy collection( Visual )

5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

You can't cheat an honest man: "W.C. Fields portrays Larson E. Whipsnade, ringmaster of the seedy circus Giganticus. Whipsnade gets nothing but trouble from his performers, and his daughter (Constance Moore) is torn between a wealthy cad and a charming ventriloquist, played by Edgar Bergen"--Container

Sally of the sawdust( Visual )

38 editions published between 1925 and 2014 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 476 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A carnival barker/conman becomes an unlikely guardian for an orphaned circus waif. When he tries to return the child to her wealthy but contemptuous grandparents he finds himself suddenly being chased by both sides of the law

W.C. Fields : 6 short films( Visual )

7 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This compilation of films pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W. C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland( Visual )

11 editions published between 1933 and 2010 in English and held by 392 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Alice's fantastic adventures lead her straight to some of the most memorable characters ever imagined, including the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Humpty Dumpty, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. When Alice falls down a rabbit hole, she is transported to a magical world

Mae West : the glamour collection( Visual )

3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 370 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mae West had an inexhaustibly playful interest in language, and a rare, sometimes perplexing, and even lofty wit, spiced by low-down slang. Well before the second wave of feminism, she wrote all her own material, insisted on total control of her work, and was wildly popular for a short time, right before the Production Code lowered the boom on adult attitudes being expressed in films. She made only 12 movies, but three are first-rate, and these were enough to seal her fame and launch a legend. In her first film appearance, "Night after night," a successful ex-boxer buys a high-class speakeasy and falls for a rich society girl. As the bold Tira in "I'm no angel," she works as a dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. For "Goin' to town," West goes Western. Cleo Borden is a former dance hall queen who has become newly rich. She falls for--and pursues--an upper crust Englishman. This is followed by "Go west young man," where she plays Mavis Arden, a movie star stranded in the country. To stifle her boredom, she trifles with a young man's affections. "My little chickadee" pairs West with a legend of similar stature, W.C. Fields. As Flower Belle Lee, she is rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, and run out of Little Bend. Surprisingly, things change very little when she arrives in Greasewood City to start over

The Bank dick( Visual )

5 editions published between 1940 and 2000 in English and held by 332 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Egbert Souse accidentally foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank guard

The Bank dick by Edward Cline( Visual )

32 editions published between 1940 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Egbert Souse accidently foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank guard

David Copperfield by George Cukor( Visual )

48 editions published between 1935 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 270 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Charles Dickens's classic tale of growing up in Victorian England

The dentist by Leslie Pierce( Visual )

37 editions published between 1930 and 2012 in English and German and held by 267 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fields goes golfing, and then attends to a series of dental patients while trying to prevent his daughter Kane's elopement. Locations include Lakeside Country Club, Toluca Lake. Based on Fields' 1928 Earl Carroll Vanities sketch 'An Episode at the Dentist.'

It's a gift by Norman Z McLeod( Visual )

23 editions published between 1934 and 2017 in 3 languages and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Harold Bissonette is a bungling, henpecked grocer who dreams of California's golden sunshine. A small inheritance from his Uncle Bean tempts Bissonette to sell everything and buy an orange ranch sight unseen. Along the way, he matches wits with dogs, kids, and chicken feathers, snatching victory from the jaws of defeat at the last madcap minute

The fatal glass of beer by Clyde Bruckman( Visual )

28 editions published between 1930 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 243 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fields relates the sad tale of his son who went astray in the city. Adapted from Fields' 1928 Earl Carroll Vanities sketch "Stolen Bonds."

You can't cheat an honest man by George Marshall( Visual )

14 editions published between 1939 and 2017 in English and Spanish and held by 237 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Whipsnade's circus is the greatest show on earth, for keeping ahead of the sheriff. When luck runs thin, he races elephants and wagons to the state line

W.C. Fields in Never give a sucker an even break and Tillie and Gus by W. C Fields( Book )

1 edition published in 1973 in English and held by 219 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

International house( Visual )

10 editions published between 1933 and 2019 in English and held by 217 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A zany scientist in China invents a radio you can see : television. Every country wants to buy the rights, so characters from around the world converge on China and collide into a free-wheeling double-dealing variety show

College swing( Visual )

4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

College swing: a tune-filled spoof of small-town college. The big broadcast of 1938: W.C. Fields plays dual roles while Hope juggles three ex-wives and romances Dorothy Lamour

W.C. Fields comedy collection( Visual )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

You're telling me!: Sam Bisbee is an inventor who is the laughingstock in his small town. After demonstrating another failed invention, he meets a princess who promises to use her celebrity to turn his luck around

Tales of Manhattan by Julien Duvivier( Visual )

3 editions published between 1996 and 2014 in English and held by 152 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A disgruntled tailor has put a curse on a tailcoat. The tailcoat has a surprising effect on the people who wear it in this multi-episode film

Brother, can you spare a dime?( Visual )

3 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in English and held by 151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This documentary juxtaposes newsreel footage, film clips and period music in an eye-opening look at the Great Depression. Many of the movies created in the 1930s featured strong social commentary, while others offered pure escapism and fed a fascination with a dazzling world out of reach to the everyday American. Through a contrast between the fantasy of film and the reality of everyday life, a fascinating perspective on the Great Depression and Hollywood's golden age is presented. Also includes political speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt and others

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