Scarce vintage 8x10-inch black and white 1935 Paramount publicity portrait, shown with a golf club in his hand, boldly signed and inscribed to an ailing friend in the period of the photograph. In fine condition for its age, but priced quite a lot below the general cost of autographed 8x10s from the star to reflect a diagonal crease, which traverses the upper third of the image, passing through the writing, mostly visible when the photo is angled toward a light source, as well as some light corner creasing. With his flowery, pompous quips; hoarse voice; and red, battered nose, beloved vaudevillian juggler-turned-comic film actor W.C. Fields was the quintessential beleaguered everyman, attacked from all sides by nagging wives, bratty children, noisy neighbors, and pesky strangers. Highlights of his far-too-brief film career include Alice in Wonderland (1933), The Old-Fashioned Way (1934), You're Telling Me! (1934), It's a Gift (1934), David Copperfield (1935), Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935), Poppy (1936), You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), The Bank Dick (1940), and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941).

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