W. C Fields

At his death in 1946, W.C. Fields left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios, and photographs. His grandson, Ronald J. Fields, has edited and woven this wealth of hitherto unpublished material into a unique new portrait of the great one--in his own words.

W.C. Fields' unforgettable mark on the history of comedy is brilliantly captured in this Emmy award-winning film narrated by Dudly Moore. Rare footage from home movies, newsreels, vintage silent films and outtakes gives you the man behind the myth--a never-before-seen look at the hilarious comedy of W, C. Fields.

Fields wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beat up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. He becomes his niece's guardian when her mother is killed in a trapeze fall during the making of a circus movie. He and his niece, who he finds at a shooting gallery, fly to Mexico to sell wooden nutmegs in a Russian colony. Trying to catch his bottle as it falls from the plane, he lands on a mountain...

W.C. Fields in 3 films: in the first he stars as a dentist; in the second he satirizes an old melodrama, Stolen Bonds; in the third he poses as a golf instructor at a fashionable hotel.

A splendid version of Charles Dickens' most autobiographical work.

Whipsnade's circus is the greatest show on earth, for keeping ahead of the sheriff. When luck runs thin, he races elephants and wagons to the state line.

Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off (his first in twenty-five years) to go to a wrestling match. He tells his boss that he must attend his mother-in-law's funeral. The afternoon is no joy. He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up getting hit by the body of a wrestler thrown from the ring. A series of mishaps leads his boss to send floral tributes to the house and notify the papers of the death (due to poisoned...

Here Is My Heart: When a wealthy radio crooner falls for an icy Russian princess, he goes undercover as a hotel waiter in order to gain access to her suite and her heart. Mississippi: Set in the Old South, a disgraced gentleman takes a singing job on a riverboat where the captain tries to teach him the meaning of honor.

A series of eight vignettes depicting how various people react when given a million dollars by a dying tycoon.

In The General Johnny Gray must act quickly when his train "The General" is stolen with his lovely Annabelle Lee on board ; The misadventures of Buster Keaton stars Buster Keaton as a sporting goods clerk who finds himself in comic situations. The best of W.C. Fields stars W.C. Fields in three comedy films: "The golf specialist" where he portrays an golf pro, "The fatal glass of beer" where he portrays a trapper in the great Northwest, and; "The...