W.C. Fields: Six Short Films.

USA Today (Magazine) | November 1, 1997| | Copyright

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Irascible, iconoclastic, irreverent, and insanely funny, W.C. Fields created a screen persona that had audiences in stitches for three decades. His bulbous nose, topless straw skimmer, and constant befuddlement over the complications caused by all those confounding him--love rivals, children, and, especially, women--rarely varied from film to film. The very familiarity of his routines was comforting as well as hilarious, and his distinctive delivery probably has been imitated at one point or another by every impressionist ...

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