W.C. FIELDS

Timelessness of W.C. Fields Art and Humor

HAPPY BIRTHDAY W.C. FIELDS, January 29.

W.C. Dukenfield at five years old
Happy Birthday to our Grandfather, the world’s icon of honesty through humor. January 29 is the 130th anniversary of the birth of William Claude Dukenfield - W.C. Fields - (January 29, 1880 - December 25, 1946). On the occasion of his 100th birthday, the U.S. Postal Service issued their iconic first-class W.C. Fields' Commemorative United States Postage Stamp with a ceremony at the Academy Awards Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. Thank you to our grandfather, W.C. Fields for the gift and joy of laughter he has shared with the world, for he truly brings generations together. The Great Man lives.

Here are a few additional family photos.
 

His Granddaughter Remembers W.C. Fields

Granddaughter and advocate Dr. Harriet A. Fields reminisces about the values of W.C. Fields "...which are timeless"
in Helen's blog His Granddaughter Remembers W.C. Fields. Harriet’s interview is also at www.openfilm.com
His Granddaughter Remembers W.C. Fields published on October 10, 2009.

W.C Fields "So's Your Old Man"

 

Forest Lawn Neighbor of W.C. Fields

Grandson Ronald Fields tells TIME that W.C. Fields would be "...just fine with it". Michael Jackson becomes a Forest Lawn neighbor describes Bryan Alexander in Picking Jackson's Burial Place: Security Was Key.

Holly Terrace at Forest Lawn in Glendale, Calif., the mausoleum where Michael Jackson will be buried neighboring W.C. Fields on Sept. 3, 2009

 

W.C. Fields: Comedy Hero for the New Depression

Los Angeles Times film critic, Patrick Goldstein, writes about W.C. Fields in the article
W.C. Fields: Comedy hero for the new Depression.

Still from W.C. Fields' film "It's a Gift"

 

Pordenone Silent Film Festival, Italy

Dr. Harriet Fields receives a warm welcome at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in Italy.

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Il Gazzettino article clipping on W.C. Fields

 
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W.C. Fields' USPS Commemorative Stamp
W.C. Fields' Commemorative
United States Postage Stamp.

W.C. Fields: A Life on Film by Ronald J. Fields
The essential filmography
on W.C. Fields.

Emmy Award for the PBS documentary “W.C. Fields Straight Up”
Emmy Award for
“W.C. Fields Straight Up”,
1986 PBS Documentary.

Buster Award 2005
Allen Fields and Harriet Fields
accept on behalf of the
W.C. Fields Family.


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