Research Catalog

Title

Magnificent rogue [sound recording] : the adventures of W.C. Fields / produced by NBC News.

Publication

Lomita, Ca. : Cambria, [198-?].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
• Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946.
• LeBaron, William, 1883-1958.
• Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966.
• Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972.
• Taylor, Robert Lewis.
• McCarey, Leo.
• Flynn, Errol, 1909-1959.
• Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960.
• Baby Le Roy.
• Cowan, Lester.
• Ronell, Ann.
• Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981.
• Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978.
• Hughes, Kitty.
• Dooley, Ray.
• Hawkins, Jim.
• NBC News.

Description

1 sound cassette (55 min.) : 1 7/8 ips.

Summary

Biography of W.C. Fields told through reminiscences by his friends, colleagues, and associates, including Ed Wynn, Maurice Chevalier, Mack Sennett, Leo McCarey, Norman Taurog, William LeBaron, Uncle Jim Hawkins, Mrs. George Kuramoto (née Kitty Hughes), Errol Flynn, Mrs. Eddie Dowling (née Ray Dooley), Baby Le Roy, Lester Cowan, Mrs. Lester Cowan (née Ann Ronell), and Edgar Bergen. Narrated by Fred Allen, it also includes Fields performing some of his comedy sketches as well as commentary by his biographer, Robert Lewis Taylor. Begins with an advertisement for "Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye," an episode of the radio program "NBC Bandstand."

Uniform Title

Biography in sound (Radio program)

Alternative Title

• Adventures of W.C. Fields
• W.C. Fields

Subject

• Fields, W. C. 1880-1946
• Comedians > United States > Biography
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Biography
• Radio programs

Note

• Title spoken by narrator on tape.

Event (note)

• Originally broadcast Feb. 28, 1956, on the NBC Radio program "Biography in sound"; this recording from the re-broadcast on Sept. 25, 1956.

Call Number

*LTC 3103

OCLC

NYPG99-R91

Title

Magnificent rogue [sound recording] : the adventures of W.C. Fields / produced by NBC News.

Imprint

Lomita, Ca. : Cambria, [198-?].

Event

Originally broadcast Feb. 28, 1956, on the NBC Radio program "Biography in sound"; this recording from the re-broadcast on Sept. 25, 1956.

Added Author

Allen, Fred, 1894-1956, narrator.

Fields, W. C. (William Claude), 1880-1946.

LeBaron, William, 1883-1958.

Wynn, Ed, 1886-1966.

Chevalier, Maurice, 1888-1972.

Taylor, Robert Lewis.

McCarey, Leo.

Flynn, Errol, 1909-1959.

Sennett, Mack, 1880-1960.

Baby Le Roy.

Cowan, Lester.

Ronell, Ann.

Taurog, Norman, 1899-1981.

Bergen, Edgar, 1903-1978.

Hughes, Kitty.

Dooley, Ray.

Hawkins, Jim.

NBC News.

Added Title

Biography in sound (Radio program)

Publisher No.

BC144 Cambria

Research Call Number

*LTC 3103