“THE time has come,” W. C. Fields would moan, with his usual all-seeing, alcoholic meditativeness, “to take the bull by the tail and face the situation.” Well, to grasp a tail, the new films of the ...

On my week off last month, I fulfilled a longtime wish by visiting two repertory movie houses in L.A., both of them owned by Quentin Tarantino: the New Beverly in the Fairfax District and the Vista ...

THE oldest item in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new exhibition, “The Peregrinations & Pettifoggery of W.C. Fields,” is a small theatrical datebook from 1898 filled with browning ...

A Criterion compilation of "six gems that feature the comic genius at his peak: The Golf Specialist, Pool Sharks (silent), The Pharmacist, The Fatal Glass of Beer, The Barber Shop, and, of course, the ...

SANTA CRUZ >> The grandson of comedic icon W.C. Fields said he was going to have a hard time not crying at his daughter’s wedding at the Chaminade Resort & Spa in Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon.

Legend has it that W.C. Fields said, “Anyone who hates babies and dogs can’t be all bad.” While it’s debatable if the famed comic actually uttered those words, he wouldn’t have meant it, says his ...