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W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian
Arthur Frank Wertheim
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Description for W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF; ASZB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
Condition
New
Weight
510g
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349949854
SKU
V9781349949854
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About Arthur Frank Wertheim
Arthur Frank Wertheim is the author of W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian (2014). The first volume of a three-part series on the comedian's life and career, it has already been hailed as the definitive biography of a famous American comic iconoclast and cultural icon. He has also written ... Read more
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