1905 W C FIELDS GOLFING ON GOLF COURSE FROM ALBUM PHOTO

1905 W C FIELDS GOLFING ON GOLF COURSE FROM ALBUM PHOTO

You are bidding on a never before published photo of W.C. Fields golfing, taken in his younger years-Vaudeville days. This is a reproduction 8 X 10 inch sepia toned matte photo-with white border taken from the original photo that was in his personal scrapbook. It was hidden away and bought at an estate sale as an entire scrapbook. He had a number of rare and never before seen photos in this album and this is one of them. We believe this to date back to around 1905. This is a crisp and clear photo and would be great for any collection. Here is a little biography on W.C. Fields: Birth name William Claude Dukenfield Date of birth (location) 29 January 1880, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Date of death (details) 25 December 1946, Pasadena, California, USA. (pneumonia) Mini biography William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. Young Fields lived with his family even after he began in vaudeville as a juggler in and around Philadelphia. He did not leave home until his career took him traveling. When he went to England he brought his father with him. His first regular job was delivering ice. By age thirteen he was a skilled pool player and juggler. It was then, at an amusement park in Norristown PA, that he was first hired as an entertainer. There he developed the technique of pretending to lose the things he was juggling. In 1893 he was employed as a juggler at Fortescue's Pier, Atlantic City. When business was slow he pretended to drown in the ocean (management thought his fake rescue would draw customers). By nineteen he was billed as "The Distinguished Comedian" and began opening bank accounts in every city he played. At age twenty-three he opened at the Palace in London and played with Sarah Bernhardt at Buckingham Palace. He starred at the Folies-Bergere (young Charles Chaplin and Maurice Chevalier were on the program). He was in each of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1915 through 1921. He played for a year in the highly praised musical "Poppy" wich opened in New York in 1923. In 1925 D.W. Griffith made a movie of the play, renamed Sally of the Sawdust (1925), starring Fields. Pool Sharks (1915), Fields' first movie, was made when he was thirty-six. He settled into a mansion near Burbank CA and made most of his thirty-seven movies for Paramount. He appeared in mostly spontaneous dialogs on Charles McCarthy's radio shows. In 1939 he switched to Universal where he made films written mainly by and for himself. He died after several serious illnesses, including bouts of pneumonia. Sometimes Credited As: Charles Bogle Otis Criblecoblis Mahatma Kane Jeeves Actor - filmography (1990s) (1980s) (1960s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s) 1.Vaudeville: An 'American Masters' Special (1997) (TV) (archive footage) .... Himself 2.W.C. Fields Straight Up (1986) (TV) (archive footage) 3.MGM's Big Parade of Comedy (1964) (uncredited) (archive footage) ... aka Big Parade of Comedy, The (1964) 4.Down Memory Lane (1949) (archive footage) .... The dentist 5.Song of the Open Road (1944) .... Himself 6.Sensations of 1945 (1944) .... Himself ... aka Sensations (1944) (USA: reissue title) 7.Follow the Boys (1944) .... Himself 8.Show Business at War (1943) .... Himself ... aka March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10, The (1943) 9.Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941) .... The Great Man ... aka What a Man (1941) (UK) 10.Bank Dick, The (1940) .... Egbert Souse ... aka Bank Detective, The (1940) (UK) 11.My Little Chickadee (1940) .... Cuthbert J. Twillie 12.You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) .... Larson E. Whipsnade 13.Big Broadcast of 1938, The (1938) .... T. Frothingill Bellows/S.B. Bellows 14.Poppy (1936) .... Professor Eustace McGargle 15.Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) .... Ambrose Wolfinger ... aka Memory Expert, The (1935) (UK) 16.Mississippi (1935) .... Commodore Jackson 17.David Copperfield (1935) .... Mr. Wilkins Micawber 18.It's a Gift (1934) .... Harold Bissonette 19.Old-Fashioned Way, The (1934) .... The Great McGonigle 20.Six of a Kind (1934) .... Sheriff "Honest John" Hoxley 21.You're Telling Me! (1934) .... Sam Bisbee 22.Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) .... Mr. Stubbins 23.Tillie and Gus (1933) .... Augustus Q. Winterbottom 24.Alice in Wonderland (1933) .... Humpty Dumpty 25.Barber Shop, The (1933) .... Cornelius Hare 26.Hip Action (1933) (uncredited) .... Himself 27.International House (1933) .... Prof. Henry R. Quail 28.Pharmacist, The (1933) ... aka Druggist, The (1933) 29.Fatal Glass of Beer, The (1933) .... Mr. Snavely 30.Dentist, The (1932) .... Dentist 31.If I Had a Million (1932) .... Rollo La Rue 32.Million Dollar Legs (1932) .... The President 33.Her Majesty, Love (1931) .... Lia's Father 34.Flask of Fields, A (1930) 35.Golf Specialist, The (1930) .... J. Effingham Bellweather 36.Fools for Luck (1928) .... Richard Whitehead 37.Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928) .... Ring Mister 38.Two Flaming Youths (1927) .... Gabby Gilfoil 39.Running Wild (1927) .... Elmer Finch 40.Potters, The (1927) .... Pa Potter 41.So's Your Old Man (1926) .... Samuel Bisbee 42.It's the Old Army Game (1926) .... Elmer Prettywilli 43.That Royle Girl (1925) .... Her Father 44.Sally of the Sawdust (1925) .... Professor Eustance McGargle 45.Janice Meredith (1924) .... A British Sergeant ... aka Beautiful Rebel, The (1924) 46.His Lordship's Dilemma (1915) .... Remittance man 47.Pool Sharks (1915) Writer - filmography (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s) It is a real photo taken from the original photo by negative. It is in mint condition! You will want this for your collection! (Note: ONLYCLASSICS logo does not appear on product-only on scan) Check out my other auctions for other special interest, airplane, auto racing, motorcycle photos, posters and prints. Thanks for looking!..p244

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