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TCM (Turner Classic Movies) screening W.C. FIELDS in "David Copperfield" (1935) Thursday, March. 28, 2024 at 10am ET. TCM screens this classic every few months, giving us strong hints to NOMINATE W.C. FIELDS in DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935) version to the NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY of the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS!
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/
TCM airs throughout March 2024, Introduction to W.C. FIELDS STAR OF THE MONTH from June 2005 narrated by
Monty Python's John Cleese.
TCM screening W.C. Fields in "If I Had A Million"
TCM screening W.C. Fields in If I Had A Million Tuesday, July 18 at 2:15am ET (11:15pm PT July 17). With an ensemble cast, W.C. Fields and Alison Skipworth decked out in high elegance and W.C. Fields flowering appellations for his beloved, use their Million to avenge their pet peeve - road hogs. The Library of Congress termed this segment, the first film as criticism of American built huge and gas guzzling motor vehicles.
A festival highlight presented in archival 35mm print features this W.C. Fields Film added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress (2008)
“So’s Your Old Man” (1926) starring W.C. Fields as a small-town businessman who invents an unbreakable car windshield. This hilarious film confirms that Fields could be a star comedian even without his unique voice. With disarmingly endearing scene on the Train with Princess Lescaboura – portraying W.C. Fields true character of sweetness and gentleness, also in talking version You’re Telling Me.
Festival Runs June 15 to 18, 2023 at AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring, MD
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 8:00 p.m. -
"So's Your Old Man" (1926)
Introduced by granddaughter Dr. Harriet Fields via Zoom.
Featuring film historian Eric Grayson with granddaughter Dr. Harriet Fields' call-in introductions, this series presents W.C. Fields throughout the summer at Garfield Park Arts Center, Indianapolis.
Pre-registration not needed. Pay $5 the night of the event. Movies viewed inside the main gallery.
W.C. Fields' Timeless Art in all forms: featured here at REPS (Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound), Seattle, WA, February 5, 2022.
Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter and Patron of the Slapstick Festival 2022, will share a message online with an introduction by Chris Serle. This event includes live piano accompaniment by John Sweeney.
Filmed in Astoria Studios, Queens, NY. The year before (1924), W.C. Fields starred on Broadway in Poppy, the stage version of the silent film Sally of the Sawdust. In 1934, W.C. Fields starred in Hollywood in the talking film Poppy.
W.C. Fields is the only Icon who, after touring the world performing, stayed in New York in the 1920's starring on the Broadway stage, with forays across the East River to make his silent films, perfecting his timing, and growing love and admiration of audiences and sister/fellow performers. Of all the Icons, W.C. Fields is the only one to find success in talking films and radio in Hollywood.
Martin Scorsese and Stephen Spielberg of The Film Foundation partner with Universal to restore a “handpicked selection of Universal's classic titles”. Of all W.C. Fields' films at Universal, Scorsese and Spielberg choose My Little Chickadee for their partnership with the Universal restoration project.
Founded by Martin Scorsese, The Film Foundation's mission is to preserve and restore the global art form of film and to make their work “accessible to the public through programming at festivals, museums, and educational institutions around the world”.
That is our goal for our grandfather, so generations to come can know the joy and comfort that W.C. Fields' art through humor brings to the human condition. Powerhouse Films, UK edition includes an interview in appreciation of My Little Chickadee with Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter.
The W.C. Fields' program includes radio and film clips of the same era, and rare family photos. Special book signing event with Ronald J. Fields' re-release of W.C. Fields By Himself with new foreword by Conan O’Brien, and grandson Allen Fields' book signing of Fields for President with new foreword by Dick Cavett follows the program.
SPERDVAC (Society to Preserve and Encourage Radio Drama Variety and Comedy) honors W.C. Fields Friday, November 8, 2019 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Costa Mesa, CA, 2:30 p.m.—3:45 p.m. PST.