THE boozehound reputation and endless quotability of W.C. Fields have ensured his place in pop culture history. But that outsize persona and those cherished wisecracks, divorced from the context of ...
On my week off last month, I fulfilled a longtime wish by visiting two repertory movie houses in L.A., both of them owned by Quentin Tarantino: the New Beverly in the Fairfax District and the Vista ...
Looking for some quality comedy entertainment to check out? Who better to turn to for under-the-radar comedy recommendations than comedians? In our recurring series Underrated, we chat with writers ...
byRobert Lewis Taylor. Doubleday, $3.50. A smartly written and most engaging account of the inimitable comedian and juggler, the sadistic W. C. Fields. For those who remember the great days of ...
One of comedies true originals - the master of wit and good, mean fun, the curmudgeonly, and very original, the legendary W.C. Fields' is wonderfully portrayed by Rod Steiger in this off-beat biopic.
An occasional series in which The Post's book critic reconsiders notable and/or neglected books from the past. For years the rule among biographers has been "the bigger the better." Lately there has ...
A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and, of course, the ...
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