W.C. Fields and Me

A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First UK edition. 227 pages. 36 illustrations. In 1932 Carlotta Monti met the Great One on a back lot at Paramount. Eyeing her hula costume, he flicked away his cigar 'merely a precaaaution' he asided, 'I don't want to start a grass fire.' For the next fourteen years, Carlotta was 'Woody's mistress, sharing his bed and bar in a series of rented houses. She witnessed his bickering with directors and studios, his exuberant pranks and verbal pyrotechnics. She was present as 'Uncle Willy' played host to Edgar Bergen, John Barrymore, and other wits and Hollywood greats, until the very end of his tragic battle with alcohol. An intimate memoir of one of Hollywood's most outrageous personalities. **** NOT EX LIB **** D4C Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.