W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon

By Arthur Frank Wertheim

1. Welcome Back to Hollywood.- 2. The Sennett Quartet.- 3. "The World's Biggest Entertainment Joy Ride".- 4. Three of a Kind.- 5. From Silent to Sound.- 6. Return to the Sawdust Trail.- 7. The Mail-Order Groom.- 8. Magnum Opus.1.- 9. "A Perfect Mixture of the Part and the Actor".- 10. Mississippi River Card Shark.- 11. All in the Family.- 12. A Vocal McGargle Emerges.- 13. "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter".- 14. Battling Sickness.- 15. Radio Saved My Life!.- 16. The Big Broadcast of 1938.- 17. The Paramount Purge.- 18. Battling Universal.- 19. Compustible Co-Stars.- 20. Magnus Opus.2.- 21. The Great Man.- 22. Swan Songs.- 23. Doomsday at Bundy Drive.- 24. Scenes Before the Final Exit.- 25. The Man in the Bright Nightgown Cometh.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137473290
• ISBN13: 9781137473295
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"