NBC Biography In Sound - The Magnificent Rogue W.C. Fields - Feb 28, 1956 - Documentary
APR 07, 2023
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Audio introduction tells a brief history of the "Biography in Sound" series that ran from 1954-58, producing 100 hrs. of programs with all but 5 of them preserved today. W.C. Fields, or William Claude Dukenfield is the subject of this Biography in Sound program from February 1956. Having experienced the loss of money when the banks collapsed during the depression, Fields never again put his money in any big banks. He didn't trust them. He kept a lot of money on his person... had many small accounts at many different banks... truly paranoid about losing his money again. He had about $900,000 when he died on Christmas Day in 1946. This track will live in the "Biography of Sound" Playlist.
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