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- Completes the first biography to use the recently opened W.C. Papers at the Film Academy in Beverly Hills
- Describes both Fields's private life and showbusiness career and how they intertwined
- Explores how Fields became a cultural icon in the 1960s and 1970s
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History (PSTPH)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Comeback
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Front Matter
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The Bountiful Years: 1933–1934
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Front Matter
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1935: A Remarkable Year!
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Front Matter
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Off-Screen
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Front Matter
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From Radio to the Screen
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Front Matter
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About this book
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Authors and Affiliations
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Independent Scholar, Rancho Palos Verdes, USA
Arthur Frank Wertheim
About the author
Arthur Frank Wertheim is the author of the first two volumes in the W.C. Fields trilogy illuminating the comedian’s life and career: W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway (Palgrave, 2014) and W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen (Palgrave, 2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom
Book Subtitle: Becoming a Cultural Icon
Authors: Arthur Frank Wertheim
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47065-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-47329-5Published: 21 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-5767
Series E-ISSN: 2947-5775
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLII, 428
Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Theatre History, Music, Cultural History, Film History, Media Studies, Arts