W. C. FIELDS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 290553
Price: $2,200.00
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. 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
(1922). 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 his 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). Nobody contributed
more wry quotations ("Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.")
to American folklore. Signature in poor contrast but legible. Light silvering.
Surface creases. Corners worn and chipped. Ink stamp on verso. Multiple pencil
marks (unknown hand) on verso. Finger print impressions at top right. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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