A tribute to
Vitaphone Studios.

TCM celebrates the 90th Anniversary of Vitaphone with a 24-hour tribute beginning at 6 a.m., Monday, December 5, 2016. How to Break 90 #3 Hip Action (1933) is included in a block of shorts with Bobby Jones and W.C. Fields as part of a sampling of future stars. Check the full schedule...

Bobby Jones in backswing.
Bobby Jones in backswing with his famous four leaf clover watch chain representative of his birth on St Patrick's Day. Courtesy of Augusta.com

A celebration of the life and art of W.C. Fields at The Lambs, Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 7:00 p.m., Fields for President.

This event also launches Fields Fest. Dates for additional events through December are posted at TRAVALANCHE by Trav S.D...

Studio picture.
Studio picture.

SILENTS PLEASE. W.C. Fields silent double feature at the Somerville Theatre, Sunday, July 10, 2016.

Princess Lescaboura and Samuel Bisbee.
Alice Joyce (Princess Lescaboura) and W.C. Fields (Samuel Bisbee) in So's Your Old Man (1926).

So's Your Old Man (1926) and It's the Old Army Game (1926) 35mm prints courtesy Library of Congress on the big screen with live music by Jeff Rapsis. Special guest Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter of the legendary W.C. Fields. Read more at the Jeff Rapsis/Silent Film Music blog...

The American Theatre of Actors logo.

The American Theatre of Actors with Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter of W.C. Fields, invite you to “The Real Transcript of W.C. Fields Murder Trial (of a Canary), 1928”.

W.C. Fields tipping top hat.
Please join us for an historic Broadway event – performance of “The Real Transcript of W.C. Fields Murder Trial (of a Canary), 1928”. December 21 at 7 p.m. in the actual courtroom of the Trial, now an Off Broadway Theatre of the American Theatre of Actors.

Date: Monday, December 21, 2015
Time: 7:00 p.m. with Q&A after
Where: The American Theatre of Actors – in the actual courtroom of the Trial
314 W. 54th Street, New York, NY
John Cullum Theatre, (2nd floor) in the Midtown Community Court
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“The Real Transcript of W.C. Fields Murder Trial (of a Canary), 1928.”

Dr. Harriet Fields standing next to W.C. Fields: Comedy Essentials Collection poster.
Dr. Harriet Fields' first foray as producer, “The Real Transcript of W.C. Fields Murder Trial (of a Canary), 1928” in the actual courtroom of the Trial, American Theatre of Actors in the historic Midtown Community Court, W. 54th St., NYC. © Steve Friedman, photographer
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