W.C. Fields Typed Letter Signed. Single-page typed letter on personal letterhead, dated January 24, 1931, from the Hammerstein Theatre in New York, addressed to Mr. Frank P. Taylor of Douglaston, Long Island. Fields writes in part, “I am returning a ‘Bit of Pantomime’ as I do not contemplate doing pictures at this time. I think your manuscript is excellent and if I can use it in the future I will communicate with you,” and concludes with a bold signature, “W. C. Fields.”
The letter measures approximately 8.5" x 11". It exhibits expected mailing folds, light toning, and minor scattered handling wear, with the signature remaining clear.
W.C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. Fields' career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels or henpecked everyman characters. Among his trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary.
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