Still, the timelessness of W.C. Fields' art and humor is alive for generations to come.
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Welcome to the Timelessness of W.C. Fields' Art & Humor.
There is no instance in the human condition we cannot find some solace in the humor of W.C. Fields. In these times, we need W.C. Fields' Art through Humor now more than ever to guide us into hope through 2022 and beyond.
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.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).
Vintage Movie Night Series
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.
Poppy (1936).
The Old Fashioned Way (1934).
Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound Present W.C. Fields - Radio and Film Careers in the Golden Age, program created by Dr. Harriet Fields, the Great One’s granddaughter.
W.C. Fields' Timeless Art in all forms: featured here at REPS (Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound), Seattle, WA, February 5, 2022.
See the recorded event REPS with W.C. Fields and granddaughter Dr. Harriet Fields available on our YouTube WCFieldsChannel...
Slapstick Festival 2022, Bristol UK honors W.C. Fields with screening of Sally of the Sawdust, January 28, 2022, one day before the anniversary of W.C. Fields' birth on January 29.
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.
Dir: D.W. Griffith.
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.
Powerhouse Films, UK issues My Little Chickadee as part of a box set of Mae West films. This UK distribution includes The Film Foundation's restored version of the classic film!
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.
Fields for President!
Fields for President
with new foreword by Dick Cavett.
W.C. Fields announces his candidacy for our nation's highest office.
Re-issued in French Fields Président!
with new foreword by Pierre Etaix.
“...this parody....blasts at all with a caustic and stripping modern humor...”
The Timeless Truth in W.C. Fields' films here in You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man.
“The Timeless Truth” from You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man (1939).
W.C. Fields Honored at the Golden Age of Radio Convention.
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.
Please also download and distribute
the “SPERDVAC Convention 2019” flyer.
See the recorded event W.C. Fields Honored by SPERDVAC, November 8, 2019 available on YouTube...
W.C. Fields Celebration at the National Arts Club, June 27, 2018.
On the first anniversary of the profound Celebration of Comic Genius W.C. Fields at the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York City, we are happy to share the videography. Guests said it was the “best ever....most well attended event” at the historic arts venue whose mission is to provide arts programs to the public.
Created and organized by Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter, with panelists Dick Cavett and Prof. Rob King of Columbia University Film Department, Harriet chose some of her favorite film clips, that to her portray the “sweetness and gentleness” of her grandfather. Introducing the program saying these are portraits of love so needed in the world today—W.C. Fields to the audience and the audience back again to the artist, quoting her grandfather “If I can make them laugh and through that laughter make this old world seem just a little brighter, then I am satisfied”.
See the press release and program leaflet for panelists' bios and information about The National Arts Club.
“The Real Transcript of W.C. Fields Murder Trial (of a Canary), 1928.”
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See the flyer...