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"As W. C. Fields' mistress during his later years, aspiring actress Carlotta Monti lived with the famous comedian for a number of years in his palatial Hollywood mansion. She offers some revealing and insightful glimpses at W. C. Fields, the private person. For example, she tells us that he sometimes slept on his billiard table and that he loved the sound of rain, finding its regular rhythm as soothing as a lullaby. Although, she says, Fields could be a tyrannical and even cruel despot at times, he was also a loving, compassionate, and generous man, although he took pains to hide that side of his personality. An accomplished juggler and comedian, Fields became one of Hollywood's greatest comedians and through sheer will and determination, as much as his great talents for comedy, he made a fortune in the competitive and ruthless world of entertainment not only once--but twice."
Gary Pullman, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- Comedian
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- quite fatty
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
Century:
- 1930's-1950's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- eccentric personalities
- Dry-cynical
- sarcastic/sardonic
- surreal
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Pictures/Illustrations?
- None
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 76%-100% of book
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