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Autore: | Wertheim A |
Titolo: | W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway : Becoming a Comedian / / by A. Wertheim |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
Disciplina: | 791.4302/8092 |
791.43028092 | |
Soggetto topico: | Motion pictures and television |
Motion pictures—United States | |
Theater | |
Performing arts | |
Literature | |
Arts | |
Screen Studies | |
American Cinema and TV | |
Theatre and Performance Studies | |
Performing Arts | |
Literature, general | |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations ; Acknowledgments ; Symbols and Abbreviations ; Prologue; Introduction ; Part I The Fledgling Years ; 1. Meet the Dukenfields ; 2. Life with Father ; Part II The Training Ground ; 3. The Tramp Juggler ; 4. Initiation Rites ; 5. The Sly Conjurer ; 6. The Big Time ; Part III "All the World's a Stage" ; 7. "A Master Pantomimist" ; 8. "My Art Never Satisfies Me" ; 9. To the Antipodes ; 10. The Trouper on the Flying Trapeze ; 11. The Ham Tree ; Part IV "What Therefore God Hath Joined Together, Let Not Man Put Asunder" |
12. The Breakup 13. The Affair ; Part V The Labyrinth to the Ziegfeld Follies ; 14. The Road to the Palace ; 15. The Second Home ; 16. "They Had Me Sweating Blood" ; 17. Backstabbed ; Epilogue; Notes | |
Sommario/riassunto: | W. C. Fields was a virtuoso comedian, often called a comic genius, legendary iconoclast, and "Great Man," who brought so much laughter to millions while enduring so much anguish. This book explores his little-known, long stage career from 1898 to 1930, which had a major influence on his comedy and screen presence. |
Titolo autorizzato: | W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway |
ISBN: | 1-137-30067-1 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910150327303321 |
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