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Author : Robert Lewis Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (322 download)
Download or read book W.C. Fields written by Robert Lewis Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Lewis Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (475 download)
Download or read book W.C. Fields written by Robert Lewis Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert L. Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780891901099
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (1 download)
Download or read book W. C. Fields written by Robert L. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1978-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Lewis Taylor
Publisher : New American Library of Canada 1967.
ISBN 13 : 9780451506535
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (65 download)
Download or read book W. C. Fields written by Robert Lewis Taylor and published by New American Library of Canada 1967.. This book was released on 1967 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this now-classic biography of America's great funnyman, first published in 1949, award-winning author Robert Lewis Taylor captures the cantankerous charm that has made Fields revered by generations of helplessly laughing viewers. 16 pages of photos.
Author : Arthur Frank Wertheim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349949868
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (499 download)
Download or read book W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen written by Arthur Frank Wertheim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : A. Wertheim
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137300671
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway written by A. Wertheim and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence.
Author : James L. Neibaur
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476665303
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The W.C. Fields Films written by James L. Neibaur and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.C. Fields was at the top among comedians during Hollywood's Golden Era of the 1930s and 1940s and has since remained a comic icon. Despite his character's misanthropic, child-hating, alcoholic tendencies, his performances were enduringly popular and Fields became personally defined by them. This critical study of his work provides commentary and background on each of his films, from the early silents through the cameos near the end of his life, with fresh appraisals of his well known classics. Pictures once believed to be lost that have been discovered and restored are discussed, and new information is given on some that remain lost.
Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781617034039
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Groucho and W.C. Fields written by Wes D. Gehring and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1994 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Louvish
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393318401
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (184 download)
Download or read book Man on the Flying Trapeze written by Simon Louvish and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louvish brilliantly sifts through evidence of W.C. Fields' own self-creation to illuminate the vaudeville world from which he rose to become the beloved cinematic curmudgeon and comic genius of his time. Photos.
Author : Wes D. Gehring
Publisher : Greenwood
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)
Download or read book W. C. Fields written by Wes D. Gehring and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1984 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All students of the Great Man's'career will have to rely on this work. . . . Perhaps Gehring's greatest contributio here is his discussion of 23 sketches that Fields copyrighted that are now in the Library of Congress. Choice
Author : James Curtis
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book W.C. Fields written by James Curtis and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2003 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a revealing glimpse of the man and artist behind the image of the gin-guzzling misanthrope, discussing Fields' Philadelphia childhood, his career in vaudeville, his turbulent personal life, and his seminal film work.
Author : Stephen C. Jordan
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810860322
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)
Download or read book Hollywood's Original Rat Pack written by Stephen C. Jordan and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1930s and '40s an untamed group of Hollywood notables, men most well-known for their talents on the silver screen, frequently met and behaved in a manner that no doubt made them infamous within their community. The group included John Barrymore, Errol Flynn, W. C. Fields, Anthony Quinn, Vincent Price, and the eccentric artist John Decker. Hollywood's Original Rat Pack revisits the lives and times of this free-spirited gang and rekindles the spirit of their excesses. In this lighthearted history, Jordan introduces the members of the Bundy Drive Boys, focuses on the unique personality traits each offered, and brings their lusty stories of carousing and debauchery to life in a manner that pays tribute to their carefree, if admittedly reckless, antics.
Author : Robert Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781539489146
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (891 download)
Download or read book W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes written by Robert Taylor and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the time of his death, on Christmas Day, 1946, he was widely acknowledged to have become the greatest comic artist ever known." Born William Claude Dukinfield, he was son of a London cockney who migrated to Philadelphia in the late 1870's Better known as W C. Fields, he began his performance career as a silent juggler. Gradually Fields incorporated comedy into his act, before appearing in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy where he played a colourful conman. From then on, scoundrels would be a particular specialty of the comedian on the big screen. Famous for his fondness for alcohol, Fields often filmed scenes for movies inebriated. His characters picked fights with children and he loved provoking the censors with double entendres. All these contributed to Fields becoming a well-loved comic actor. Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert Lewis Taylor chronicles the incredible life story of W.C. Fields from his childhood as a knockabout street urchin to his heyday as the celebrity who hobnobbed with Edward VII. W C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes, rich in both humour and pathos, is as marvellous in as Mr. Fields himself. Praise for W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes "Fields makes all the modern beats look like little Lord Fauntleroys He was a supreme artist and a supreme individual and Taylor does him full justice." - Harry Golden "Robert Lewis Taylor has written a hilarious history of the fabulous comedian, written it with understanding, sympathy and a gay respect for the scandalous facts involved." - The New York Times "It brings its subject vividly, unforgettably back to life." - The Washington Post Robert Lewis Taylor (1912-1998) was born in southern Illinois and educated at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois. Upon graduation he lived in Europe and in Polynesia; then, after a brief interlude as editor of a weekly newspaper, became a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. In 1940 he joined The New Yorker magazine as a writer of profiles and other long pieces, and remained a member of the staff. Mr. Taylor is author of the-Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Travels of Jamie McPheeters. Taylor also wrote the bestselling biography Winston Churchill: An Informal Study of Greatness.
Author : Gregory William Mank
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786449551
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Very Witching Time of Night written by Gregory William Mank and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book covers unusual and often surprising areas of horror film history: (1) The harrowingly tragic life of Dracula's leading lady, Helen Chandler, as intimately remembered by her sister-in-law. (2) John Barrymore's 1931 horror vehicles Svengali and The Mad Genius, and their rejection by the public. (3) The disastrous shooting of 1933's Murders in the Zoo, perhaps the most racy of all Pre-Code horror films. (4) A candid interview with the son of legendary horror star Lionel Atwill. (5) The censorship battles of One More River, as waged by Frankenstein director James Whale. (6) The adventures (and misadventures) of Boris Karloff as a star at Warner Bros. (7) The stage and screen versions of the horror/comedy Arsenic and Old Lace. (8) Production diaries of the horror noirs Cat People and The Curse of the Cat People. (9) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man revisited. (10) Horror propaganda: The production of Hitler's Madman. (11) Horror star John Carradine and the rise and fall of his Shakespearean Repertory Company. (12) The Shock! Theatre television phenomenon. And (13) A Tribute to Carl Laemmle, Jr., producer of the original Universal horror classics, including an interview with his lady friend of almost 40 years.
Author : Martin Harris
Publisher : D&B Publishing
ISBN 13 : 191286200X
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Poker & Pop Culture written by Martin Harris and published by D&B Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduced shortly after the United States declared its independence, poker’s growth and development has paralleled that of America itself. As a gambling game with mass appeal, poker has been played by presidents and peasants, at kitchen tables and final tables, for matchsticks and millions. First came the hands, then came the stories – some true, some pure bluffs, and many in between. In Poker & Pop Culture: Telling the Story of America’s Favorite Card Game, Martin Harris shares these stories while chronicling poker’s progress from 19th-century steamboats and saloons to 21st-century virtual tables online, including: Poker on the Mississippi Poker in the Movies Poker in the Old West Poker on the Newsstand Poker in the Civil War Poker in Literature Poker on the Bookshelf Poker in Music Poker in the White House Poker on Television Poker During Wartime Poker on the Computer From Mark Twain to “Dogs Playing Poker” to W.C. Fields to John Wayne to A Streetcar Named Desire to the Cold War to Kenny Rogers to ESPN to Star Trek: The Next Generation and beyond, Poker & Pop Culture provides a comprehensive survey of cultural productions in which poker is of thematic importance, showing how the game’s portrayal in the mainstream has increased poker’s relevance to American history and shaped the way we think about the game and its significance.
Author : Daniel Cottom
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501735756
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Ravishing Tradition written by Daniel Cottom and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though central to contemporary debates over identity, politics, and culture, the concept of tradition often remains unexamined. In a series of readings that transgress cultural and disciplinary boundaries, Daniel Cottom subjects this concept to close scrutiny. He calls into question conventional accounts of tradition, with their reliance on standard oppositions between dogma and reason, animality and humanity, community and society, religion and science, and modernity and its predecessors. Tradition, as Cottom envisions it, is a complex of cultural forces that moves, divides, and undoes those it touches; it ravishes, is ravished, and is centrally etched with acts of ravishment. Engaging writers from William Shakespeare to John Ashbery and from Phillis Wheatley to Antonin Artaud, Cottom examines literary history within the contexts of war, rape, and slavery; education, technology, and sexuality; repetition, imitation, stereotypy, and travesty; censorship, grief, and ecstasy. He also evaluates the work of various theorists who address questions of tradition, such as Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Jacques Derrida, and Adrienne Rich. Cottom draws on works in social and cultural history as well as on literary texts from different eras, nations, and genres. At once using and critiquing contemporary literary and cultural theory, this eloquent book shows why tradition continues to be of compelling interest and importance.
Author : Elaine Bernstein Partnow
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1436255937
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (362 download)
Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Great Quotes for All Occasions written by Elaine Bernstein Partnow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Say the right thing at the right time. This essential reference brings together well-known (and not-so-well-known!) speakers- including those from the Bible, actors, poets, humorists, scientists, and literary and political figures-whose ideas, activism, services, talent, and labor have influenced society. Perfect for speeches for every occasion, including graduations, weddings, retirement parties, anniversaries, public speaking engagements, and so on. * Presented in an intuitive, cross-referenced organization * Includes hilarious anecdotes and a short bio of each author, a brief contextual note for each quote, and an index of keywords to help you find the appropriate words for any occasion quickly
