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Let's all add Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) as the next W.C. Fields Film to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. A portrait of family life in all its travails in W.C. Fields inimitable sweetness and gentleness, and keen insights into the human condition.
Nomination form on www.wcfields.com scroll to left and down and on https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/
You can nominate up to 50 films. Another suggestion for nomination is the 1935 version of David Copperfield with W.C. Fields as Micawber. It is opined Charles Dickens must have had W.C. Fields in mind for this role.
YOU'RE TELLING ME (1934) the talking version of 'So’s Your Old Man' on the National Film Registry since 2008. Plus, nominate your favorite W.C. Fields FILMS!
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935) with W.C. Fields as Wilkins Micawber. My dear father, W. Claude Fields, Jr., and I met George Cukor, Director of 'David Copperfield', who told us that W.C. Fields was the "nicest sweetest person he has ever worked with". Cukor has said he did not have to direct W.C. Fields for he "inhabited Micawber".
W.C. Fields as Wilkins Micawber in David Copperfield (1935 version)
Current W.C. Fields films on National Film Registry - 'The Bank Dick' (1992); 'So's Your Old Man' (2008); 'It's A Gift' (2012).
TCM (Turner Classic Movies) screening W.C. FIELDS in "David Copperfield" (1935) Thursday, March. 28, 2024 at 10am ET. TCM screens this classic every few months, giving us strong hints to NOMINATE W.C. FIELDS in DAVID COPPERFIELD (1935) version to the NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY of the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS!
https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/nominate/
TCM airs throughout March 2024, Introduction to W.C. FIELDS STAR OF THE MONTH from June 2005 narrated by
Monty Python's John Cleese.
TCM Star of the Month: W.C. Fields https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl8Qlu4l0YM
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Happy St. Patrick's Day 2024!
Timeless cross-cultural insights for St. Patrick's Day. Will Eno, award-winning playwright, describes W.C. Fields as a "quiet revolutionary". All done with a profound insight and compassion for the human condition, knowing truth through Humor helps Heal. As W.C. Fields said, "If I can make them laugh and through that laughter makes this old world seem just a little brighter, then I am satisfied." An expression of love.
On St. Patrick's Day enjoy W.C. Fields’ letter from mythical "niece Maggie" referring to "Uncle Bill's" letter to "Aunt Bridget" in Ireland.
And, letter to long time business friend, Bill Grady, referring to "Aunt Maggie". W.C. Fields kept the thread going to be included in a possible radio script.
TCM screening W.C. Fields in "If I Had A Million"
TCM screening W.C. Fields in If I Had A Million Tuesday, July 18 at 2:15am ET (11:15pm PT July 17). With an ensemble cast, W.C. Fields and Alison Skipworth decked out in high elegance and W.C. Fields flowering appellations for his beloved, use their Million to avenge their pet peeve - road hogs. The Library of Congress termed this segment, the first film as criticism of American built huge and gas guzzling motor vehicles.
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