Fields W C Raymond Rohauer (2 results)

Condition: Very Good. First UK edition hard back binding in publisher's original red paper covers with kingfisher blue cloth spine, white title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. Folio 11½'' x 9¼''. Contains 224 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. Rubs to the softened spine ends and corners, ink marking to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0718114191 CINEMA, SCREEN & FILMS.…

First Edition. 6 pages, 8 1/2Ó by 11Ó, staplebound. An illustrated program honoring American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer, W.C. Fields, featuring an interview between W. Claude Fields, Jr. (son of W.C. Fields) and Raymond Rohauer, the Film Curator and Program Director, The Gallery of Modern Art in New York. William Claude Dukenfield (1880 - 1946), better known as W.C. Fields began his entertainment career in vaudeville as a silent juggler. Later he began to incorporate comedy into his act as was a featured star in the Ziegfeld Follies before his film and radio work which would make him an international star. Some of his best known work in film includes ItÕs a Gift(1934), Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935), The Bank Dick (1940), and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941). Very good copy with some overall handling and creasing in printed wrappers.…