Crooked Cue Sticks: W.C. Fields Pool Trick Shot

The comedy of W.C. Fields

Chapter 1

From juggling to Broadway

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Chapter 2

The silver screen and iconic persona

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Chapter 3

The man behind the pool cue

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Master of The comedy of W.C. Fields

Ch 2 · The silver screen and iconic persona

schopenhauer W.C. Fields

Crooked cue sticks, crooked cue sticks! Watch him sink the trick shot!

schopenhauer The legendary baby rivalry

The legendary baby rivalry

schopenhauer W.C. Fields shared a hilarious, highly publicized on-screen feud with Hollywood's most famous infant actor, Baby LeRoy.

Writing under bizarre pen names

schopenhauer W.C. Fields wrote many of his own screenplays using absurd pseudonyms to mock the Hollywood establishment.

Persona* (A bit dry)
* *Reel Persona* (Good pun)

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schopenhauer Match famous quotes to classic movies to discover the legendary persona of W.C. Fields.

Fun Fact

Fake names: W.C. Fields once accepted a writing credit under the name 'Otis Criblecoblis' because he claimed the studio wouldn't pay him his demanded writing fee under his real name.

Glossary

persona (noun)
The role or character adopted by an actor or public figure. Fields established his cynical, henpecked screen identity in 1930s comedy classics like The Bank Dick.

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Which classic comedy duo dynamic is the absolute funniest?

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In which 1940 Western comedy did W.C. Fields co-star with the famous actress Mae West?

schopenhauer The birth of the lovable curmudgeon

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Which infant actor was W.C. Fields's famous on-screen rival in films like The Old Fashioned Way?

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Which film studio produced most of W.C. Fields's highly successful 1930s comedy feature films?

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Which of these was a recurring character trait of W.C. Fields's on-screen persona?

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Which pseudonym did W.C. Fields use to write the screenplay for his classic film The Bank Dick?

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What did W.C. Fields famously do to Baby LeRoy's bottle on set to keep the toddler quiet?

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What was the profession of W.C. Fields's character, Harold Bissonette, in the 1934 masterpiece It's a Gift?

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In The Bank Dick, what accidental heroic act gets W.C. Fields's character hired as a security guard?