Comprlises newspaper clippings, court documents, telegrams, letters, and other items relating to the death of W.C. Fields, and the various legal wranglings to to with his estate. Interesting, if rather sad, archive, relating to the death of William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W.C. Fields, American comedian, actor, juggler and writer whose comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children. Among the items is a typed letter from Fields to Carlotta Douglas, signed as Continental Claude, dated 1939, with envelope.
Comprlises newspaper clippings, court documents, telegrams, letters, and other items relating to the death of W.C. Fields, and the various legal wranglings to to with his estate. Interesting, if rather sad, archive, relating to the death of William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W.C. Fields, American comedian, actor, juggler and writer whose comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children. Among the items is a typed letter from Fields to Carlotta Douglas, signed as Continental Claude, dated 1939, with envelope.
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