W.C. Fields from sound film and radio comedy to stardom : becoming a cultural icon /

W.C. Fields is known as a virtuoso comedian and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes. As the first author to use the newly-opened Fields Papers at the Academy library, Arthur Frank Wertheim illuminates the comedian's arduous ascent to stardom during Hollywood's...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wertheim, Arthur Frank, 1935- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history.
Subjects:

MARC

Tag First Indicator Second Indicator Subfields
LEADER 00000cam a2200000Ii 4500
001 in00004172321
008 180704t20182018enka b 001 0deng d
005 20250318214302.4
020 |a 1137473290  |q hardcover 
020 |a 9781137473295 
020 |z 9781137470652  |q ebook 
035 |a (OCoLC)1042359114 
035 |a (OCoLC)on1042359114 
040 |a YDX  |b eng  |e rda  |c YDX  |d BDX  |d ERASA  |d UKMGB  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCF  |d YDXIT  |d NUI  |d IBS 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 4 |a PN2287.F45  |b W47 2018 
082 0 4 |a 791.4302/8092  |2 23 
100 1 |a Wertheim, Arthur Frank,  |d 1935-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a W.C. Fields from sound film and radio comedy to stardom :  |b becoming a cultural icon /  |c Arthur Frank Wertheim. 
264 1 |a London, United Kingdom :  |b Palgrave Macmillan,  |c [2018] 
264 4 |c ©2018 
300 |a xlii, 428 pages :  |b illustrations (black and white) ;  |c 22 cm. 
336 |a still image  |b sti  |2 rdacontent 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
490 1 |a Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Welcome back to Hollywood -- The Sennett quartet -- "The world's biggest entertainment joy ride" -- Three of a kind -- From silent to sound -- Return to the sawdust trail -- The mail-order groom -- Magnum Opus.1 -- A perfect mixture of the part and the actor -- Mississippi River card shark -- All in the family -- A vocal McGargle emerges -- The heart is a lonely hunter -- Battling sickness -- Radio saved my life! -- The big broadcast of 1938 -- The paramount purge -- Battling universal -- Combustible co-stars -- Magnum Opus.2 -- The great man -- Swan songs -- Doomsday at Bundy Drive -- Scenes before the final exit -- The man in the bright nightgown cometh -- Epilogue : becoming a cultural icon. 
520 8 |a W.C. Fields is known as a virtuoso comedian and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes. As the first author to use the newly-opened Fields Papers at the Academy library, Arthur Frank Wertheim illuminates the comedian's arduous ascent to stardom during Hollywood's golden age. The book reveals details of Fields's turbulent private life, from his wife's refusal to divorce, to his estranged son, and to his fleeting relationships with women. Here is a portrait of an aggrieved artist whose emotional anguish found refuge in his poignant comedy about life's frustrations and the human condition. This third volume in Wertheim's trilogy documents Fields's rise to iconic status during the counterculture 1960s, creating a legacy of his comedy for generations to come. 
600 1 0 |a Fields, W. C.  |q (William Claude),  |d 1880-1946. 
600 1 7 |a Fields, W. C.  |q (William Claude),  |d 1880-1946.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01753636 
650 0 |a Actors  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 0 |a Comedians  |z United States  |v Biography. 
650 7 |a Actors.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00796296 
650 7 |a Comedians.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00869077 
651 7 |a United States.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 
655 7 |a Biography.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 
830 0 |a Palgrave studies in theatre and performance history. 
852 8 |b pda,print  |z This title is available for the library to purchase for your use. Click the "Purchase It For Me" button to place a request. This item may take 5-10 business days to arrive. 
955 |a Print PDA title 
999 f f |s 710e7449-fb24-41d1-b238-0888e39c29e1  |i dd91ca64-7e08-3281-969d-923dd4f84cc9  |t 0 
952 f f |a Texas A&M University  |b College Station  |c Sterling C. Evans Library  |d Purchase on Demand  |t 0  |e PN2287.F45 W47 2018  |h Library of Congress classification 
998 f f |a PN2287.F45 W47 2018  |t 0  |l Purchase on Demand