W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes - Softcover

Taylor, Robert L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312034504 ISBN 13: 9780312034504

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1967

Synopsis

Records the celebrated comedian's Hollywood's career and depicts his offscreen personality

About this title

From AudioFile:

One of the oldest biographies of Fields remains one of the most inclusive, even in this era of kiss-and-tell writing. Taylor introduces Fields as a deprived, neglected child who became tough and bitingly witty as a result of his hard life. The book ends with his alcoholism and death. However, neither author nor narrator becomes sentimental in retelling this almost melodramatic story. Parker takes the brilliant writing and relates it much as Fields himself would probably tell his own story. He not only recreates Fields's one-of-a-kind voice, but presents background text and glimpses of other stars of the era in an awesome range. The listener can imagine Fields's grumpy face and hear the ice cubes clinking in his beloved martini. S.G.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

From Library Journal:

A reprint of the 1949 publication on the turbulent life of the comic actor. LJ 's reviewer said then, "Highly Recommended" (10/15/49). Fields's everlasting popularity makes that just as true today.-- MR
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1967
• ISBN 10: 0312034504
• ISBN 13: 9780312034504
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 16