He re-created his signature stage role in Poppy (1936) the following year and, after a career lull of several years, starred with Mae West in My Little Chickadee (1940), cementing his status as a staple of American cinema with a knack for unforgettable one-liners.
Although Fields's Hollywood persona was that of a man who loved to drink but hated women and children, he actually had a wife and a son, and was even known to spoil his grandchildren. He died on Dec. 25, 1956 -- Christmas Day.
AddW.C. Fields: You Can't Cheat an Honest ManLarson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) runs a circus badly, of course, and get into all kinds of mischief with Edgar Bergen (and his puppet, Charlie McCarthy). A hilarious ping-pong game --with an outmatched Fields desperately trying to hold his own -- is the film's highlight. The comical supporting... Read More
AddIt's a GiftThe iconic W.C. Fields stars in this comedy masterpiece as Harold Bissonette, owner of a grocery store, husband of 20 years to the nagging, status-conscious Amelia (Kathleen Howard) and father of two bratty children. When Harold hits upon a scheme to strike it rich by buying an orange grove in... Read More
AddNever Give a Sucker an Even BreakA man with big ideas (W.C. Fields) pitches an outlandish adventure story to a dumbfounded studio exec (Franklin Pangborn) who'd much rather make a romantic comedy starring the man's pretty niece (Gloria Jean). The result is a whale of a tale involving a young girl (Susan Miller) and her millionaire... Read More
AddW.C. Fields: Six Short FilmsBon mots and acerbic sarcasm transformed bulbous vaudeville comedian W.C. Fields into a silver screen legend. This exciting collection contains six of the inimitable comic's early film shorts, including his screen debut in "The Pool Sharks" (1915), as well as the talkies "The Golf Specialist"... Read More
AddThe Man on the Flying TrapezeThe hardworking Ambrose Wolfinger (W.C. Fields), a man who hasn't taken a day off in 25 years, finally decides to play hooky, only to find himself embroiled in a series of misadventures involving a wrestling match, a runaway tire and a "dead" mother-in-law who isn't really dead. This 1930s farce is... Read More
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