W.C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway [electronic resource] : Becoming a Comedian.
W.C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and ""Great Man, "" who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influen...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Symbols and Abbreviations ; Prologue; Introduction ; Part I The Fledgling Years ; 1. Meet the Dukenfields ; 2. Life with Father ; Part II The Training Ground ; 3. The Tramp Juggler ; 4. Initiation Rites ; 5. The Sly Conjurer ; 6. The Big Time ; Part III "All the World's a Stage" ; 7. "A Master Pantomimist" ; 8. "My Art Never Satisfies Me" ; 9. To the Antipodes ; 10. The Trouper on the Flying Trapeze ; 11. The Ham Tree ; Part IV "What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let Not Man Put Asunder." | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 12. The Breakup 13. The Affair ; Part V The Labyrinth to the Ziegfeld Follies ; 14. The Road to the Palace ; 15. The Second Home ; 16. "They Had Me Sweating Blood" ; 17. Backstabbed ; Epilogue; Notes. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-249) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a W.C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and ""Great Man, "" who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence. | ||
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