W. C. Fields
Aspect
W. C. Fields | |
W. C. Fields în 1938 | |
Date personale | |
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Nume la naștere | William Claude Dukenfield |
Născut | 29 ianuarie 1880 Darby, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Decedat | (66 de ani) Pasadena, California, U.S. |
Înmormântat | Forest Lawn Memorial Park[*] |
Părinți | James Lydon Duckenfield[*][1] Kate Spangler Fenton[*][1] |
Căsătorit cu | Harriet Hughes (1900-1946) (moartea sa) 1 copil Bessie Poole (iubită) 1 copil Carlotta Monti (iubită) |
Copii | William Claude Fields, Jr. William Morris |
Cetățenie | Statele Unite ale Americii |
Religie | ateism |
Ocupație | Actor, comic, jongler, scriitor |
Limbi vorbite | limba engleză[2] |
Activitate | |
Alte nume | Charles Bogle Otis Criblecobble Mahatma Kane Jeeves "Uncle Claude" |
Ani de activitate | 1902–1946 |
Partener(ă) | Carlotta Monti[*] |
Premii | Stea pe Hollywood Walk of Fame[*] |
Prezență online | |
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William Claude Dukenfield (29 ianuarie 1880[3] – 25 decembrie 1946), mai bine cunoscut ca W. C. Fields, a fost un actor american, comic, jongler și scriitor.[4]
Biografie
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[modificare | modificare sursă]Filmografie
[modificare | modificare sursă]Informațiile despre filmografia lui Fields se bazează pe cartea W. C. Fields: A Life on Film de Ronald J. Fields. Toate filmele sunt de lung metraj cu excepția celor care sunt marcate ca fiind de scurt metraj.
Premiera | Titlu | Rol | Regizor | Note |
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1915 | (film nedenumit) | Rolul său | Ed Wynn | Film scurt prezentat ca parte a Ziegfeld Follies of 1915; film pierdut |
19 septembrie 1915 | Pool Sharks | Rechinul de piscină | Edwin Middleton | O rolă; poveste de W.C. Fields; existent |
3 octombrie 1915 | His Lordship's Dilemma | Remittance man | William Haddock | O rolă; existent? (găsită cu titluri în franceză în 2006)[necesită citare] |
27 octombrie 1924 | Janice Meredith | Un sergent britanic | E. Mason Hopper | existent |
2 august 1925 | Sally of the Sawdust | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | D. W. Griffith | existent |
7 octombrie 1925 | That Royle Girl | Tatăl lui Royle Daisy | D. W. Griffith | film pierdut |
24 mai 1926 | It's the Old Army Game | Elmer Prettywillie | A. Edward Sutherland | Poveste de J.P. McEvoy și W.C. Fields; existent |
26 octombrie 1926 | So's Your Old Man | Samuel Bisbee | Gregory La Cava | existent |
31 ianuarie 1927 | The Potters | Pa Potter | Fred C. Newmeyer | film pierdut |
20 august 1927 | Running Wild | Elmer Finch | Gregory La Cava | existent |
17 octombrie 1927 | Two Flaming Youths | J. G. "Gabby" Gilfoil | John S. Waters | film pierdut |
3 martie 1928 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | The Ringmaster | A. Edward Sutherland | existent? |
7 mai 1928 | Fools for Luck | Richard Whitehead | Charles F. Reisner | existent? |
22 august 1930 | The Golf Specialist | J. Effingham Bellwether | Monte Brice | Două role; Poveste de W.C. Fields (nemenționat) |
26 octombrie 1931 | Her Majesty, Love | Bela Toerrek | William Dieterle | |
8 iulie 1932 | Million Dollar Legs | President of Klopstokia | Edward Cline | |
2 octombrie 1932 | If I Had a Million | Rollo La Rue | Norman Taurog | |
9 octombrie 1932 | The Dentist | Rolul său | Leslie Pearce | Două role; Poveste de W.C. Fields (nemenționat) |
3 martie 1933 | The Fatal Glass of Beer | Mr. Snavely | Clyde Bruckman | Două role; Poveste de W.C. Fields (nemenționat) |
21 aprilie 1933 | The Pharmacist | Mr. Dilweg | Arthur Ripley | Două role; Poveste de W.C. Fields (nemenționat) |
2 iunie 1933 | International House | Profesor Quail | A. Edward Sutherland | |
24 iunie 1933 | Hip Action | Rolul său | George Marshall | O rolă |
28 iulie 1933 | The Barber Shop | Cornielius O'Hare | Arthur Ripley | Două role; Poveste de W.C. Fields (nemenționat) |
8 septembrie 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-2 | Rolul său | Louis Lewyn | O rolă |
13 octombrie 1933 | Tillie and Gus | Augustus Q. Winterbottom | Francis Martin | Fields a contribut ca scriitor (nemenționat) |
22 octombrie 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Humpty Dumpty | Norman McLeod | |
9 februarie 1934 | Six of a Kind | Șerif "Honest John" Hoxley | Leo McCarey | |
6 aprilie 1934 | You're Telling Me! | Sam Bisbee | Erle C. Kenton | Fields a contribut ca scriitor (nemenționat) |
27 aprilie 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-10 | Rolul său | Louis Lewyn | O rolă |
13 iulie 1934 | The Old Fashioned Way | The Great (Marc Antony) McGonigle | William Beaudine | Poveste de "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
19 octombrie 1934 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mr. C. Ellsworth Stubbins | Norman Taurog | |
30 noiembrie 1934 | It's a Gift | Harold Bissonette | Norman McLeod | Poveste originală de "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
22 martie 1935 | Mississippi | Commodore Orlando Jackson | A. Edward Sutherland | |
26 iulie 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze | Ambrose Wolfinger | Clyde Bruckman | Poveste de "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
13 octombrie 1935 | David Copperfield | Wilkins Micawber | George Cukor | |
19 iunie 1936 | Poppy | Professor Eustace P. McGargle | A. Edward Sutherland | |
18 februarie 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | T. Frothingill Bellows S. B. Bellows |
Mitchell Leisen | |
17 februarie 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Larson E. Whipsnade | George Marshall | Poveste de "Charles Bogle" (W.C. Fields) |
9 februarie 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Cuthbert J. Twillie | Edward Cline | Scena de la bar scrisă de W.C. Fields |
29 noiembrie 1940 | The Bank Dick | Egbert Sousè | Edward Cline | Poveste de "Mahatma Kane Jeeves" (W.C. Fields) |
10 octombrie 1941 | Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | The Great Man | Edward Cline | Poveste originală de "Otis Criblecoblis" (W.C. Fields) |
nelansat | The Laziest Golfer | Rolul său | (necunoscut) | Imagini filmate, dar nemontate |
30 octombrie 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Professor Postlewhistle | Julien Duvivier | Secvența cu Fields a fost tăiată din montajul original, restaurată pentru home video (VHS) |
5 mai 1944 | Follow the Boys | Rolul său | A. Edward Sutherland | Fields a reînviat vechiul lui truc cu masa de biliard |
21 iunie 1944 | Song of the Open Road | Rolul său | S. Sylvan Simon | Fields a jonglat pentru câteva momente |
30 iunie 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Rolul său | Andrew L. Stone | Fields a reînviat o parte din vechea sa schiță "Caledonian Express" |
Referințe și note
[modificare | modificare sursă]- ^ a b Genealogics
- ^ CONOR.SI[*] Verificați valoarea
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(ajutor) - ^ "Conflicts over the true facts of W.C. Fields' life begin at the moment he was born. His original biographer, Taylor, even got this wrong, dating his birth at 9 April 1879, which would have made him an authentic bastard, as his parents were only married on 18 May of the same year. According to family lore, the Great Man was born on 29 January 1880". Louvish, Simon Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W. C. Fields. Faber & Faber, 1999. ISBN 0-393-04127-1 p. 28.
- ^ Obituary Variety, 1 ianuarie 1947, page 46.
Bibliografie
[modificare | modificare sursă]- W. C. Fields, Fields for President (1940, 1971) Dodd, Mead ISBN 0-396-06419-1. (Humorous essays about Fields's stance on marriage, politics, finance, etc.)
- Robert Lewis Taylor, W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes (1949) Doubleday & Co., (1967) New American Library ISBN 0-451-50653-7. (First book biography, with many firsthand quotes from friends and colleagues)
- Gene Fowler, Minutes of the Last Meeting (1954) Viking Press
- Eddie Cantor, As I Remember Them (1963) Duell, Sloan & Pearce
- Donald Deschner (ed.), The Films of W.C. Fields (1966, 2000) Citadel Press
- Corey Ford, "The One and Only W.C. Fields" from The Time of Laughter (1967) Little, Brown
- William K. Everson, The Art of W.C. Fields (1967) Random House ISBN 0-517-01232-4. (First book-length examination of the Fields films)
- Richard J. Anobile (ed.), Drat!: Being the Encapsulated View of Life by W. C. Fields in His Own Words (1968) World Publishing
- David Robinson, The Great Funnies: A History of Film Comedy (1969) E.P. Dutton
- Jan Kindler, "Elysian Fields" from Playboy (March 1969)
- Bosley Crowther, "W.C. Fields Comedy Festival" from New York Times Film Reviews, 1959–1968 (1970) Arno Press
- Andre Sennwald, capsule reviews from New York Times Film Reviews, 1932–1938 (1970) Arno Press
- Raymond Durgnat, "Suckers and Soaks" from The Crazy Mirror: Hollywood Comedy and the American Image (1970) Dell Publishing
- Andrew Bergman, "Some Anarcho-Nihilist Laff Riots" from We're in the Money: Depression America and Its Films (1971) New York University Press
- Otis Ferguson, "The Great McGonigle" from The Film Criticism of Otis Ferguson (1971) Temple University Press
- Carlotta Monti (with Cy Rice), W.C. Fields and Me (1971) Prentice-Hall, ISBN 978-0139444548. (basis of the 1976 film starring Rod Steiger)
- Richard J, Anobile (ed.), A Flask of Fields: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Films of W.C. Fields (1972) W.W. Norton
- Leonard Maltin, Selected Short Subjects (first published as The Great Movie Shorts, 1972) Crown Publishers, (revised 1983) Da Capo Press
- Ronald J. Fields (ed.), W.C. Fields by Rolul său: His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts and Articles (1973) Prentice-Hall ISBN 0-13-944462-9.
- W. C. Fields (with Charles Grayson), The Bank Dick (1973) Simon & Schuster (the 22 august 1940 screenplay)
- W. C. Fields (with John T. Neville, et al.), Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Rupert Hughes, et al.) Tillie and Gus (1973) Simon & Schuster (Continuity scripts derived from these films)
- Penelope Gilliatt, "To W.C. Fields, Dyspeptic Mumbler, Who Invented His Own Way Out" from Unholy Fools: Wits, Comics, Disturbers of the Peace (1973) Viking Press
- Gerald Mast, The Comic Mind: Comedy and the Movies (1973, 2nd ed. 1979) University of Chicago Press
- Donald W. McCaffrey, "The Latter-Day Falstaff" from The Golden Age of Sound Comedy (1973) A.S. Barnes
- Nicholas Yanni, W.C. Fields (1974) Pyramid Library
- Richard J. Anobile (ed.), Godfrey Daniels!: Verbal and Visual Gems from the Film scurts of W. C. Fields (1975) Crown
- Walter Kerr, The Silent Clowns (1975) Alfred A. Knopf, (1990) Da Capo Press
- Stuart Byron and Elizabeth Weis (eds.), The National Society of Film Critics on Movie Comedy (1977) Grossman/Viking
- Leonard Maltin, The Great Movie Comedians (1978) Crown
- Will Fowler, The Second Handshake (1980) Lyle Stuart
- Louise Brooks, "The Other Face of W.C. Fields" from Lulu in Hollywood (1982) Alfred A. Knopf
- Ronald J. Fields, W.C. Fields: A Life on Film (1984) St. Martin's Press
- Wes D. Gehring, W.C. Fields: A Bio-Bibliography (1984) Greenwood Press
- Gerald Weales, Canned Goods as Caviar: American Film Comedy of the 1930s (1985) University of Chicago Press
- David T. Rocks, W.C. Fields: An Annotated Guide (1993) McFarland & Co.
- Wes D. Gehring, Groucho and W.C. Fields: Huckster Comedians (1994) University Press of Mississippi
- Simon Louvish, It's a Gift (1994) British Film Institute
- Simon Louvish, Man on the Flying Trapeze: The Life and Times of W.C. Fields (1999) Faber & Faber ISBN 0-393-04127-1. (New biography with new research)
- Ronald J. Fields with Shaun O'L. Higgins, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: W.C. Fields on Business (2000) Prentice-Hall
- James Curtis, W.C. Fields: A Biography (2003) Alfred A. Knopf ISBN 0-375-40217-9. (The definitive, comprehensive biography, with many "apocryphal" stories from previous bios corrected)
- Scott MacGillivray and Jan MacGillivray, Gloria Jean: A Little Bit of Heaven (2005) iUniverse ISBN 978-0-595-67454-1. (Authorized biography with recollections of Fields at work)
- Wes D. Gehring, Film Clowns of the Depression (2007) McFarland & Co.
- Gregory William Mank (et al.), Hollywood's Hellfire Club (2007) Feral House
Legături externe
[modificare | modificare sursă]- W. C. Fields la Internet Movie Database
- en W. C. Fields la Internet Broadway Database
- Official site
- Official fan club
- Criterion Collection essay by Dennis Perrin on W.C. Fields: Six Film scurts
- The Fatal Glass of Beer (iPod format) at the Internet Archive
- Bibliography
- W.C. Fields' first show for the Chase And Sanborn Hour 1937-05-09 (01) Guest - Ann Harding Arhivat în , la Wayback Machine.
- New Rochelle Festival Celebrates the Funny Side of Life, The New York Times, 8 martie 1987]