The 1930s film comedian/curmudgeon W.C. Fields was always at his best when he had an irritant to bounce his biting one-liners against, like a precocious child, a cute dog or the voluptuous Mae West.

On my week off last month, I fulfilled a longtime wish by visiting two repertory movie houses in L.A., both of them owned by Quentin Tarantino: the New Beverly in the Fairfax District and the Vista ...

A sparkling new edition of the charming comedy that teamed legendary comedian W. C. Fields on screen with the equally legendary silent film siren (and Rochester favorite) Louise Brooks has just become ...

W.C. Fields was a sloshed-out comic genius who couldn't help but take his work home with him—and suffered the grim consequences because of it. Donald Trump responds to object thrown out of White House ...

'Start every day with a smile and get it over with'. Just one of the barbed witticisms that distinguished the comedian WC Fields' misanthropic humour. 'Start every day with a smile and get it over ...