Ron Fields is writing a second play about his grandfather, who died in 1946 at age 67, and there is a novel in the works and a TV sitcom with characters based vaguely on W.C., his sissified foil ...

Having been an admirer of W.C. Fields since childhood, I naturally loved “A Proboscis Worth Preserving” [Jan. 18]. Ironically, my favorite Fields film of all time is one rarely mentioned ...

The deadpan comedian W.C. Fields was fresh off the movie “It’s a Gift” when he leased a secluded Spanish-style estate for $300 a month on 6 acres of orange groves in Encino. That was October ...

There's a famous morsel of showbiz wisdom attributed to W.C. Fields: "Never work with animals or children." It isn't one that John Rando paid much mind to when he came on board to direct the ...

Seeing Fields constantly pulling on a flask of whiskey, the developer snarls, ‘You’re drunk.’ Advertisement ‘Yeh, well, you’re crazy,’ Fields responds in one of his best-known retorts.

Essay on W. C. Fields: his life, his characteristics & his films. Mentions two of the latter: "It's a Gift" and "Million Dollar Legs". His works turn up regularly at the art houses. When the star ...

As the Cinematheque tells us: “The screen’s foremost misanthrope, W.C. Fields (1880-1946) is an American comedy icon known for his bulbous nose, curmudgeonly demeanor and crack comic timing.

I recently met Dr. Harriet A. Fields, a health-care advocate whose celebrated grandfather W.C. Fields is the subject of a 28-film retrospective opening Friday at Film Forum — as well as takin… ...

“W.C. Fields: Comedy Hero for the new Depression” is the headline on a blog post from the L.A. Times’ Patrick Goldstein, who last week called me a “crackpot conspiracy theor… ...

The deadpan comedian W.C. Fields was fresh off the movie “It’s a Gift” when he leased a secluded Spanish-style estate for $300 a month on 6 acres of orange groves in Encino. That was October ...

The deadpan comedian W.C. Fields was fresh off the movie “It’s a Gift” when he leased a secluded Spanish-style estate for $300 a month on 6 acres of orange groves in Encino. That was October 1934. By ...