Man On The Flying Trapeze

A detailed account of W.C. Fields's artistic path to the cinema which aims to disentangle the facts from the myths nurtured by Fields himself. It follows his ca... » 

A detailed account of W.C. Fields's artistic path to the cinema which aims to disentangle the facts from the myths nurtured by Fields himself. It follows his career from stage to silent screen, and his later struggle to create some of the most celebrated scenes in the history of cinema humour. «