- Gebundene Ausgabe: 510 Seiten
- Verlag: Prentice Hall (Juni 1973)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0139444629
- ISBN-13: 978-0139444623
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,6 x 14,7 x 5,1 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 716.068 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Finally--a firsthand glimpse
19. September 2001
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
It's not hard, even with the most cursory of examinations, to see why researchers have had such a tough time catching glimpses into the Great One's true nature--Fields took pains to keep his public persona at the front of his popular perception. Ronald Fields perhaps had an unfair advantage over other researchers, having access to the family holdings and all, but nevertheless, this is as close as anyone will ever get to words from the horse's mouth (with the exception of Fields for President, of course). The sketches are a riot to read, and the extended sequences from the movies, even the ones you may not have seen, are side-splittingly funny. I particularly enjoyed the glimpse into Fields' vaudeville days--it's not a subject that seems to interest many people, perhaps because the entire idea of "vaudeville" is somewhat dated today. The book also has the most comprehensive collection of photographs and sketches I've ever seen--these in themselves come close to telling the story.
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Full of self annecdotes, photo's, insight into W.C. Fields.
23. September 1999
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This work was compiled by W.C.'s grandson after years that his work had been locked up in a basement room. The fact that much of it is made up of sketches, photo's, stories/annecdotes, performance materials, letters between W.C. and his family/others, makes this invaluable to theatre enthusiasts/historians and W.C. cultists. Without a doubt a must for any library.
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A BUPKE...
7. Februar 2010
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This book was a real disappointment. The vaudeville and "Follies" sketches reproduced here do not translate, as they were meant to be seen, not read. Ditto the endless treatments for proposed films. The radio scripts fare best, as they were written in dialogue form without stage directions, and if one has any familiarity with Fields and Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy it's easy to imagine them giving voice to the material.
The correspondence is of some interest, though the first letters section (1880 - 1929) seems to be composed primarily of responses to his wife's constant requests for money, which quickly become tedious.
None of this material was created for an "intended autobiography," it's just a bunch of debris found in a basement and capitalized upon by Fields' heirs. Aside from being addressed by him in letters, Fields' contemporaries (Will Rogers, Florenz Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor, Gregory Lacava, Jack Benny, John Barrymore) are all noticeably absent.
Field's companion/mistress for the last 14 years of his life, Carlotta Monti, is given particularly short shrift here. Her book, W.C. Fields and Me, BTW, while padded, is far superior to this effort, and paints a far more vivid portrait of Fields. (And I use the word effort loosely, as very little of it seems to have gone into assembling this mess.)
W. C. Fields & Me
The correspondence is of some interest, though the first letters section (1880 - 1929) seems to be composed primarily of responses to his wife's constant requests for money, which quickly become tedious.
None of this material was created for an "intended autobiography," it's just a bunch of debris found in a basement and capitalized upon by Fields' heirs. Aside from being addressed by him in letters, Fields' contemporaries (Will Rogers, Florenz Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor, Gregory Lacava, Jack Benny, John Barrymore) are all noticeably absent.
Field's companion/mistress for the last 14 years of his life, Carlotta Monti, is given particularly short shrift here. Her book, W.C. Fields and Me, BTW, while padded, is far superior to this effort, and paints a far more vivid portrait of Fields. (And I use the word effort loosely, as very little of it seems to have gone into assembling this mess.)
W. C. Fields & Me
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