W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom : Becoming a Cultural Icon - Arthur Frank Wertheim

W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom

Becoming a Cultural Icon

By: Arthur Frank Wertheim

Hardcover | 21 January 2019

At a Glance

Hardcover


$216.36

or 4 interest-free payments of $54.09 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 7 to 10 business days

When will this arrive by?
Enter delivery postcode to estimate

W. C. Fields is known as a virtuoso comedian and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes. As the first author to use the newly-opened Fields Papers at the Academy library, Arthur Frank Wertheim illuminates the comedian's arduous ascent to stardom during Hollywood's golden age. The book reveals details of Fields's turbulent private life, from his wife's refusal to divorce, to his estranged son, and to his fleeting relationships with women. Here is a portrait of an aggrieved artist whose emotional anguish found refuge in his poignant comedy about life's frustrations and the human condition. This third volume in Wertheim's trilogy documents Fields's rise to iconic status during the counterculture 1960s, creating a legacy of his comedy for generations to come.
Industry Reviews
"A thorough, insightful study not only of Fields' film comedies, but of the inner turmoil that fueled his genius." (Kirkus, kirkusreviews.com, December 29, 2019)

More in Acting & Theatre Studies

Documentary Theatre and Performance : Forms of Drama - Andy Lavender
Applied Theatre: Voice : Performance and Social Justice - Dr Sarah  Weston
Shakespeare, Ecology and Adaptation : A Practical Guide - Alys  Daroy
From Under The Truck : A Memoir - Josh Brolin

RRP $34.99

$31.75

Jack Charles : Born-again Blakfella - Jack Charles

RRP $24.99

$23.75

The Director's Craft : A Handbook for the Theatre - Katie Mitchell

RRP $56.99

$45.35

20%
OFF
King Lear : Penguin Classics - William Shakespeare

RRP $17.99

$14.25

21%
OFF
Sanford Meisner On Acting : Vintage Vintage - Sanford Meisner

RRP $27.99

$20.90

25%
OFF
Hamilton : The Revolution - Lin-Manuel Miranda

RRP $89.99

$84.50

The Moving Body (Le Corps Poetique) : Teaching Creative Theatre - Jacques Lecoq
Centre Stage : 3rd edition - Mathew Clausen

RRP $60.95

$56.50

The Gruffalo Play - Julia Donaldson

RRP $9.99

$9.75

Hoods - Angela Betzien

Paperback

RRP $24.99

$22.75

An Actor Prepares : Bloomsbury Revelations - Constantin Stanislavski

RRP $32.99

$28.35

14%
OFF