(If get an error message, you may have to watch this on YouTube as YT seems to be having embed problems.)
W.C. Fields, My Favorite Comedian
According to the contributor who submitted the above YouTube:
“This is a restored version of W.C. Fields’ first film, which had intertitles added to it in 1958 by Raymond Rohauer.”
Woody Allen, in a Jan. 2000, New York Times interview, considered W.C. Fields one of only six “genuine comic geniuses”.
“What a gorgeous day. What effulgent sunshine. It was a day of this sort the McGillicuddy brothers murdered their mother with an axe.”
W.C. Fields was born William Claude Dukenfield in Darby, Pennsylvania, 1880. His life was that of many stage performers of his era – difficult. For the family’s perspective of this life, the grandchildren of “Uncle Claudie” host an appreciative and informative web site that include family photos, video favorites, and a biographical excerpt by grandson Ronald.
“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”
Much has also been written about W.C. Fields by those he knew and worked with. Amusing anecdotal and unique biographical information can be found at IMDB and by perusing the W.C. Fields fan club page.
“After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse.”
W.C. Fields died Christmas Day, 1946. His ashes are interred in a niche in the Great Mausoleum in Forest Lawn, Glendale, allegedly within spitting distance of Michael Jackson.
“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.”
Rest in peace, William.
