Fields, W. C.

W. C. Fields by Himself : His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (613 pages)

W.C. Fields By Himself -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Foreword -- PART ONE Life and Letters 1880-1929 -- PART TWO Vaudeville Scripts 1920s and '30s -- PART THREE Notes, Articles, and Public Issues 1930s and '40s -- PART FOUR Radio Scripts and Scenarios 1930s and '40s -- PART FIVE The Movies 1932-1943 -- PART SIX Life and Letters II 1933-1946.

Fields never got around to writing his autobiography, but at his death in 1946, he left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios, and photographs. Now his grandson, Ronald J. Fields, has edited and woven this wealth of previously unpublished material into a unique new portrait of the Great One--in his own words.

9781630761721


Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.


Electronic books.

PN2287.F45.W345 2016eb

791/.092 B