"If I can make them laugh and through that laughter make this old world seem just a little brighter, then I am satisfied."
W.C. Fields
Welcome to the official website for W.C. Fields, owned and operated by W.C. Fields Productions, Inc.
There is no instance in the human condition we cannot find some solace in the humor of W.C. Fields.
W.C. Fields speaks truth to authority with dignity, respect, and kindness. He fights for the underdog, the common person. Bottom line, W.C. Fields made and makes the world laugh—the best medicine
of all.
Allen Fields, president of W.C. Fields Productions, at the Magic Castle, Hollywood, CA radio interview with Gary O’Brien, in honor of our grandfather, W.C. Fields' birthday, January 29, 2013.
Allen Fields sitting on the right during the interview with Gary O’Brien.
Dr. Harriet A. Fields and accompanist Ben Model at the screening of "It’s the Old Army Game".
Ben Model, expert silent movie accompanist, and Dr. Harriet Fields at the screening of the W.C. Fields' silent movie "It’s the Old Army Game", Alden Theatre, McLean, VA, January 9, 2013. Ben, the resident accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art, NY (MoMA), played his original composition, Harriet spoke to the audience about her grandfather, with brother Ronald J. Fields' essential filmography, W.C. Fields A Life On Film.
On Sunday night, August 12, two films of W.C. Fields screened under the stars in Kigali, Rwanda. A magical experience for all, many attendees said they will remember the night forever.
Dr. Harriet A. Fields donating W.C. Fields' films to Eric Kabera, founder of the Rwanda Cinema Center/Kwetu Film Institute. Eric Kabera
donating his documentary films to
W.C. Fields Productions.
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Dr. Harriet speaking at the Kwetu Film Institute.
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W.C. Fields' films donated to the Rwanda Cinema Center/Kwetu Film Institute. On Sunday, August 12, 2012, under the stars, two W.C. Fields' films were screened in Kigali, Rwanda. Dr. Harriet Fields shared with the audience that her grandfather performed in Africa, and said, "I am very happy for our grandfather to have a home in Africa, for Kwetu means Home in Swahili." A magical experience for all, many attendees said they will remember the night forever. Eric Kabera, founder of the Kwetu Film Institute, said he wants to teach his students how to do comedy, so they and the country can laugh again. Eric shared that W.C. Fields' comic genius is unmatched in the world today.
Dr. Harriet A. Fields
See Leonard Maltin on "...this heartening cultural exchange, which has brought one of the world's greatest comedians to an appreciative new audience...."
February 2012, Universal Studios names street for W.C. Fields.
W.C. Fields Dr. is the largest and longest street at Universal Studios and the only street accessible to the public. An act of love and honor by Universal Studios in recognition of the great artists who graced their lots, W.C. Fields arguably the greatest.
W.C. Fields Dr., Universal Studios.
Universal Studios honors icons
and their families for street naming celebration.
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Allen Fields with son Austin Fields
in front of W.C. Fields Dr., Universal Studios, CA.
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W.C. Fields' Tributes
The Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, says, “W.C. Fields is the Icon of American Culture and Humor”.
Zach Galifianakis star of The Hangover and rising comedian credits W.C. Fields as his influence, May 29, 2010, MySpace: Influences – my family, my friends and wc fields…
Judd Apatow on Make Em Laugh, PBS 2009, “W.C. Fields is the funniest guy of everybody, ever.”
Conan O'Brien on Inside Actors Studio with James Lipton, 2009, – Who makes you Laugh?
“W.C. Fields I think is maybe the funniest man that ever lived.”
W.C. Fields on Broadway again!
W.C. Fields Exhibit, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, May through August 2010.
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John Cleese in introduction to Turner Classic Movies W.C. Fields star of the month, June 2001.
“I discovered W.C. Fields long after I was familiar with Chaplin, Keaton, and Laurel and Hardy and immediately liked him best….Fields had the courage to play the disreputable character and the brilliance to make riskier and more profound jokes than others.”
“Fields was doing Python-esq things long before Python.”
“At a time when political correctness often stifles honesty and impulse to laugh and genuine wit is in such short supply, I think nothing could be healthier than the re-discovery of this most original, perceptive and unrepentant of comedians.”
Others say he is the first example of American humor. W.C. Fields is not slapstick, his humor is cerebral. As in all works of art, every time we see or hear a Fields' film, we see or hear some thing new. W.C. Fields studied us, the travelers in the daily journey of life and the human condition, and then served it back to us in his artistry through humor.
Publications
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