W. C. Fields Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
W. C. FIELDS
Born: January 29, 1880 in Darby, Pennsylvania
Died: December 25, 1946 in Pasadena, California
Died: December 25, 1946 in Pasadena, California
W.C. Fields (1879-1946) began entertaining as an amusement park juggler at the age of fourteen. He was a vaudeville headliner before he was twenty and toured Europe in 1901, giving a command performance at Buckingham Palace. His Broadway debut in The Ham Tree (1905) was followed by appearances in the Ziegfeld Follies (1915-1921) and in George White's Scandals (1933). Fields starred in Poppy on Broadway (1923) and the next year made his first film, Janice Meredith (1924). Fields' style, verbal rather than visual, and irascible con-man philosophy made him a favorite, especially with the advent of sound, where his raspy voice provided the final touch to his comedy. He starred in movies including My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Fields' mistress from 1932 until his death was starlet Carlotta Monti, who often performed under the name of Carlotta Douglas, as shown here. Her tell-all memoir, W. C. Fields and Me, was the basis for the 1976 film. Fields was never divorced from his wife, Harriet "Hattie" Hughes, though they were permanently separated in 1904. Consequently, Monti was passed over in the settlement of Fields' estate. Fields often referred to himself ironically as "The Great Man", and his character is called that in a later film, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).
2005 The Great Man: W.C. Fields (Other), 1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (Other), 2003 Living Famously (Other), 1997 American Masters (Other), 1996 Bob Hope: Hollywood's Brightest Star (Other), 1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox (Other), 2004 Broadway: The American Musical (Other), 1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Performer), 1940 My Little Chickadee (Performer), 1936 Poppy (Performer), 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze (Performer), 1935 David Copperfield (Performer), 1934 Six of a Kind (Performer), 1933 Tillie and Gus (Performer), 1933 The Barber Shop (Performer), 1933 The Pharmacist (Performer), 1933 The Fatal Glass of Beer (Performer), 1932 If I Had a Million (Performer), 1931 Her Majesty, Love (Performer), 1928 Fools for Luck (Performer), 1928 Tillie's Punctured Romance (Performer), 1927 The Potters (Performer), 1941 Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (Writer), 1940 My Little Chickadee (Writer), 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze (Writer), 1933 Tillie and Gus (Writer), 1933 The Barber Shop (Writer), 1933 The Pharmacist (Writer), 1933 The Fatal Glass of Beer (Writer), 1933 The Singing Boxer (Writer), 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze (Director), 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze (in person), 1944 Sensations of 1945 (in person), 1933 How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action (in person), 1979 The Hollywood Clowns (Other), 1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Other), 1974 Milton Berle's Mad Mad Mad World of Comedy (Other), 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (Other), 1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (Other), 1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (Other), 1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (Other), 1976 America at the Movies (Other), 1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Performer), 1934 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Performer), 1932 The Dentist (Performer), 1930 The Golf Specialist (Performer), 2008 The Fatal Glass of Fields (Writer), 1939 You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (Writer), 1932 The Dentist (Writer), 1930 The Golf Specialist (Writer), 1944 Song of the Open Road (in person), 1944 Follow the Boys (in person), 2001 Slaphappy (Other), 2009 Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (in person), 1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Other), 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (Other), 1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (Other), 1965 Hollywood My Home Town (Other), 1949 Down Memory Lane (Other), 2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (Other), 1992 Legends of Comedy (Other), 1934 You're Telling Me! (Performer), 1933 Alice in Wonderland (Performer), 1932 Million Dollar Legs (Performer), 1927/I Running Wild (Performer), 1925 Sally of the Sawdust (Performer), 1924 Janice Meredith (Performer), 1915 His Lordship's Dilemma (Performer), 1915 Pool Sharks (Performer), 1934 The Old Fashioned Way (Writer), 1934 You're Telling Me! (Writer), 1933 Too Many Highballs (Writer), 1915 Pool Sharks (Writer), 1915 Pool Sharks (Director), 1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-7 (in person), 1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (in person), 1935 Mississippi (Performer), 1934 The Old Fashioned Way (Performer), 1986 W.C. Fields: Straight Up (Other), 2009 The Yellow Brick Road and Beyond (Other), 2000 W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films (Other), 1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (Other), 1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (Writer), 1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (Other), 2008 Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (Other), 1994-1999 Biography (Other), 1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (Other), 1940 The Bank Dick (Performer), 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Performer), 1934 It's a Gift (Performer), 1933 International House (Performer), 1927 Two Flaming Youths (Performer), 1926 So's Your Old Man (Performer), 1926 It's the Old Army Game (Performer), 1925 That Royle Girl (Performer), 1940 The Bank Dick (Writer), 1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938 (Writer), 1934 It's a Gift (Writer), 1930 The Family Ford (Writer), 1926 It's the Old Army Game (Writer), 1943 Show-Business at War (in person), 1927 A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (in person)
Ballyhoo of 1930 - Performer (December 22, 1930 - February 21, 1931), Earl Carroll's Vanities [1928] - Performer (August 6, 1928 - February 2, 1929), Ziegfeld Follies of 1925 - Performer (July 6, 1925 - September 19, 1925), Poppy - Performer (September 3, 1923 - June 28, 1924), George White's Scandals [1922] - Performer (August 28, 1922 - November 11, 1922), Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 - Performer (June 21, 1921 - October 1, 1921), Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 - Performer (June 22, 1920 - October 16, 1920), Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 - Performer (March 8, 1920 - May 1920), Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1919] - Performer (October 2, 1919 - Closing date unknown), Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review - Performer (September 1919 - Closing date unknown), Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 - Performer (June 18, 1918 - Closing date unknown), Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 - Performer (June 12, 1917 - September 4, 1917), Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 - Performer (June 12, 1916 - September 16, 1916), Ziegfeld Follies of 1915 - Performer (June 21, 1915 - September 18, 1915), The Ham Tree - Performer (August 28, 1905 - November 11, 1905)
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W.C. FIELDS and CONSTANCE BENNETT W. C. Fields and Constance Bennett sign an album leaf. Signatures: "W.C. Fields" in pencil and, on verso, "Constance Bennett", 5¾x4¼ album leaf. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. read more...Sale Price $315.00
$350.00
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W. C. FIELDS and HUGH HERBERT Signatures on opposite sides of an album leaf, with newspaper photos attached by each Signatures: "W. C. Fields", 4¾x4¼ album leaf. Newspaper photo of fields (b/w, ¾x1) affixed at upper left. read more...Sale Price $405.00
$450.00
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W. C. FIELDS Signing as "The great man/Continental Claude", he pens a letter to his mistress Carlotta in New York Autograph Letter signed: "The great man/Continental Claude", 1p, 8½x10¼. On lightweight airmail paper. No place, no date, but with original envelope postmarked Los Angeles, Hollywood, December 27, 1939. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W.C. FIELDS. ALS: "Willie", 2p, separate sheets, 8½x11. Bel Air, Cal., Sunday (October 15, 1939). Original envelope addressed by Fields to: "Miss Jane Fowler/National Park College/Forest Glen/Maryland". Lightly creased. Fine condition. Jane Fowler was the daughter of his friend, Gene Fowler. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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Three-page autograph letter to his mistress Carlotta Monti, signed by Fields as "Continental Claude", calling Hitler "full of mierda" and confiding, "like the three monkeys I see nothing, know nothing, and won't drink anything 'cept Beer." read more...Sale Price $1,870.00
$2,200.00
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Letter to his mistress Carlotta, lambasting New York weather, music lovers, and his latest movie, which he calls "an abortion." Fields signs ironically as "The Great Man." A vivid example of Fields' view of the world! read more...Sale Price $4,080.00
$4,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS Handwritten letter to his mistress Carlotta Monti, signed as "The Great Man". Monti is not spared Fields' caustic wit: "You say your voice has improved ... Thank Christ you never took up the cornet." Autograph Letter signed: "The Great Man", 2 pages (integral leaf), 8½x11. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS Inscribed and signed oversize photo (11x14) Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Mrs Arthur 'Vivian'/Daniels with/sincere appreciation/and best wishes/Bill Fields". B/w, 11x14. Photo by Hal Phyfe (imprint at lower left, stamp on verso). read more...Sale Price $3,230.00
$3,800.00
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W.C. FIELDS. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Good Earth Bob. Best wishes W.C. Fields" on cane. B/w, 8x10. Circa 1930s. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. Fields (1880-1946), born William Claude Dukenfield, began his film career in silents. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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W. C. FIELDS Inscribed and signed 8x10 photo, holding a Panama hat, framed in the Gallery of History style to 13x21 Vintage Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Dan with/best wishes/W. C. Fields". B/w, 8x10. W. C. Fields (1879-1946) began entertaining as an amusement park juggler at the age of fourteen. read more...Sale Price $2,040.00
$2,400.00
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W. C. FIELDS Vintage black and white 11x14 publicity photograph of W. C. Fields in a suit and tie. Vintage Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Travis Martin/Best wishes and/appreciation from/his friend/Bill Fields". B/w, 11x14. Photo by Hal Phyfe (imprint at lower left). W.C. read more...Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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11x14 sepia photo of Fields in the stage version of his skit, "The Caledonian Express," signed and inscribed to author and publisher Arthur Samuels. Field's inscription includes one of his famous lines from the stage and screen skit: "You'll ha to git oot/o' the compartment." read more...Sale Price $4,420.00
$5,200.00
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W.C. FIELDS. Early Photo Mount inscribed and signed: "To Mr. & Mrs. Jenekins/Best wishes/W.C. Fields". Sepia, 6x8 overall, oval image 31/2x5, (two surfaces). Signed on photograph. Embossed photographer's imprint: "Warwick Brookes/350 Oxford Rd./Manchester". read more...Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS $300 rent check made out to "Mr. or Mrs. Harry Hughes" and signed by W. C. Fields in 1936 Check signed "W. C. Fields" in blue ink. 8¼x3 with perforated top edge. Feb. 13, 1936. Check no. 1495 for $300, made out to "Mr. or Mrs. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W.C. FIELDS. Check signed: "W.C. Fields", 8¼x3. Los Angeles, California, 1936 February 19. Check No. 1515, drawn on Fields' account at Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles, Hollywood & Cahuenga Branch, payable to Bob Howard for $75. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W.C. FIELDS Check filled out and signed by the legendary comedian in 1925. Check filled out and signed: "W.C. Fields", 6½x2¾. New York City, 1925 September 19. Not numbered. Drawn on the Harriman National Bank, payable to "Cash" for $300. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS Signed personal check for $124.02, made out to Hollywood Liquor Shop. Now that's some liquor bill for 1934! Check signed: "W. C. Fields". Matted to 11x14 overall, 8x2¾ opening for check, b/w 5x7 photo, 5x1 engraved plaque - 4 surfaces. Los Angeles, California, 1934 October 6. Check. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS He pays $2,373.40 for two life insurance policies. Check signed: "W. C. Fields", 8¼x3. New York, N.Y., 1932 October 25. Check #49, drawn on The Harriman National Bank and Trust Co., payable to Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company for $2,373.40. read more...Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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W. C. FIELDS. Partly Printed Check signed: "W. C. Fields", 6½x2¾. New York, N.Y., 1938 December 13. Drawn on the Fifth Avenue Office of Guarantee Trust Company of New York, payable to Mabel Roach for $100. read more...Sale Price $1,530.00
$1,800.00
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W. C. FIELDS Very youthful 4½x6½ image in bow tie and stiff collar Photograph signed: "W. C. Fields" B/w, 4½x6½. W. C. Fields (1879-1946) began entertaining as an amusement park juggler at the age of fourteen. read more...Sale Price $2,465.00
$2,900.00
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W. C. FIELDS Signed 5x6 photo, shown in profile, doffing his hat Photograph signed: "best wishes always/Bill Fields". B/w, 5x5¾. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. Fields (1880-1946), born William Claude Dukenfield, began his film career in silents. read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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W.C. FIELDS 8x10 photo wearing his stovepipe hat, signed in a giant telegram form he is holding Photograph signed: "Love and Kisses/Bill Fields". B/w, 8x10. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. Fields (1880-1946) began his film career in silents. read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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W. C. FIELDS Small black and white vintage publicity photograph of W. C. Fields. Vintage Photograph signed: "Sincerely/W. C. Fields". B/w, 5½x7. W. C. Fields (1879-1946) began entertaining as an amusement park juggler at the age of fourteen. read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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W.C. FIELDS Signed 5½x7½ of Fields seated at the piano, looking over his shoulder Photograph signed: "W.C. Fields". B/w, 5½x7½. Typed caption on verso: (Words are missing because the photo has been trimmed down in size, cutting off part of the caption. read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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W.C. FIELDS Signed 10x8 sepia photo of Fields with the cast of the 1934 film Six of a Kind Photograph signed: "Love and Kisses/Bill Fields". Sepia, 10x8. Cast photo from the 1934 film, Six of a Kind, directed by Leo McCarey. Pictured are Charlie Ruggles (as J. read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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W. C. FIELDS He gives a stern stare in this 3½x5½ signed photo Photograph signed: " W.C. Fields ". B/w with green hue, 3½x5½. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. Fields (1880-1946), born William Claude Dukenfield, began his film career in silents. read more...Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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W. C. FIELDS The comedian whose career spanned across the silent film era into soundies signed this black and white photograph that's framed Photograph Signed: “Yrs Truly/ W. C. Fields”. B/w. 9x7 visible. W. C. read more...Sale Price $1,190.00
$1,400.00
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W. C. FIELDS The hard-hitting comedian signs a homemade Easter card Christmas/Holiday card signed: " Easter/Greetings/W.C. Fields ". 3½x5½ card. Red-nosed, gravel-voiced, bottle-hitting American comedian W.C. Fields (1880-1946), born William Claude Dukenfield, began his film career in silents. read more...Sale Price $1,020.00
$1,200.00
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W. C. FIELDS Sentimental Christmas card, uncharacteristic of the Fields we remember, sent early in his career Christmas Card signed: "To/Wayne,/W. C. Fields" in ink, 5½x3½. read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
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W. C. FIELDS Home-made Christmas card to his mistress, Carlotta Monti, with two candid photos affixed Christmas Card signed: "Dear Carmen, I wish you a merry Xmas/and a happy New Year and a/good old-fashioned hug./Sincerely/W. C. Fields", 12x9¼ open flat. read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
