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.

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.

September 19 is the Anniversary of W.C. Fields' first film Pool Sharks (1915).

Pool Sharks (1915)

Pool Sharks poster with W.C. Fields sitting on pool table surrounded by a crowd of people.
The Cinema Arts Centre logo.

The Cinema Arts Centre presents It's the Old Army Game (1926) with Dr. Harriet Fields, granddaughter of W.C. Fields, and Ben Model, one of America’s leading silent film accompanists.

It's the Old Army Game poster.
Please join us “In the hilarious comedy that many consider the high point of his silent filmography, W.C. Fields suffers the endless abuse of petty customers, overbearing relatives, obnoxious children, and offensive objects in his quest for peace and quiet.” Read more at CINEMA ARTS CENTRE...

Date: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Time: 7:30 p.m. with comments after screening from Dr. Harriet Fields
Where: Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Avenue, Huntington NY 11743
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See Newsday article “W.C. Fields’ granddaughter to speak at Cinema Arts Centre”...

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band cover.

We are so proud that our grandfather, W.C. Fields, is among the international icons on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band iconic, 1967 album cover. He is found in the top row, 6th from left. “There were those who refused to be on there, saying, ‘I'm not a lonely heart,’ or, ‘I don't want to be on there.’ Letters had to go out to get permission from everybody, and some people did turn us down.” GEORGE, www.thebeatles.com
[Click on the album cover to enlarge.]

“Sgt. Pepper's: The greatest album of all time turns 50”

“The front cover was unique and expensive, featuring an array of the Beatles idols, mostly Americans, including W. C. Fields, Dion, Dylan, Brando, Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, Laurel & Hardy, Edgar Allan Poe and Mae West. Other figures, such as Gandhi, Oscar Wilde or Lewis Carroll, had enduring influences on the Beatles' social and artistic developments.” Read more by Alexander E. Hooke...

By Alexander E. Hooke, The Baltimore Sun, May 31, 2017

“The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at 50: Still Full of Joy and Whimsy”

“They rejected any generation gap. The album cover set the 1967 Beatles, with their mustaches and shiny mock band uniforms, alongside their suited, mop-topped pop-star wax statues—so recent, yet so distant—and cultural figures like Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sonny Liston and W. C. Fields, a rightful claim to adult significance. But the LP was also packaged with cardboard cutouts—a mustache, military stripes—like something for children. While the Summer of Love nurtured hippie dreams of creating a new world, the Beatles reminded listeners of how entrenched the old one was, and how comforting.” Read more by Jon Pareles...

By Jon Pareles, The New York Times, May 30, 2017
Cover for the book Fields President!

Re-issued in French Fields Président!
with new foreword by Pierre Etaix.

“...this parody....blasts at all with a caustic and stripping modern humor...”

Cover for the book Fields for President

Fields for President
with new foreword by Dick Cavett.

W.C. Fields announces his candidacy for our nation's highest office.

Cover for the book W.C. Fields by Himself.

W.C. Fields By Himself
with new foreword by Conan O'Brien.

A unique portrait of “the Great One”.

Playing up the comedy aspect showing Fields in top hats while simultaneously giving it a retro style.

Her Majesty Love
available here.

The Warner Archive releases on January 19, 2016 W.C. Fields in his first sound feature.

W.C. Fields Centennial Celebration in Film at the Magic Castle, September 19, 2015.

Allen A. Fields and Ronald J. Fields, grandsons, at the W.C. Fields Centennial in Film Celebration at the Magic Castle, Hollywood, September 19, 2015, site of the original Pool Table on loan from the W.C. Fields Family.

Allen and Ron standig next to pool table.
Allen holding 'crooked' pool cue with Ronald at our grandfather's pool table used in his first film Pool Sharks.
Centennial in Film Celebration poster.

W.C. Fields Centennial Celebration at the New Amsterdam, June 22, 2015.

One hundred years and one day from our grandfather's opening and starring in the Ziegfeld Follies, June 21, 1915, W.C. Fields Centennial Celebration at the New Amsterdam, June 22, 2015. “...different views of the ‘W.C. Fields Centennial Celebration’ are visually arresting and engaging and fun. Looks like an infectious good time.” Steve Friedman, event photographer.

Ron and Harriet standing next to a framed black and white photo.
Ronald J. Fields and Dr. Harriet A. Fields next to photo of their grandfather on stage in the Ziegfeld Follies at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Ron standing next to a projected image on screen of his grandfather.
Ronald J. Fields.
Dana, Ron and Harriet standing together in front of projected image.
Dana Amendola, Vice President, Disney Theatrical Group, Ronald J. Fields, Dr. Harriet A. Fields.
Dana, Harriet and Dick having a conversation in front of an audience.
Dana Amendola, Dr. Harriet Fields, Dick Cavett.
Dick Cavett smiling and sitting before an audience.
Dick Cavett.
Harriet with Dick arms raised sitting before the audience.
Dr. Harriet Fields, Dick Cavett.
Ron with Arthur commenting before an audience.
Ronald J. Fields and Arthur Wertheim commenting on screen feature of W.C. Fields' classic pool routine in Six of a Kind playing Honest John, first performed on the New Amsterdam.
Harriet with Dick commenting before an audience.
Dick Cavett commenting on screen feature of W.C. Fields' classic Juggling scene from The Old Fashioned Way, juggling originally performed at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
Audience as seen from side.
Steve Friedman, photographer of the event, comments, “...this selection [of photos] captures the extraordinarily delight of the evening.”
Audience as seen from back.
A magical experience beyond imagine, a complete lovefest for W.C. Fields, and as it should be.
 

“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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