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...nine, William Claude Dukinfield conceived a passion for juggling. In the Philadelphia stable where the family vegetable cart was stored, he practiced earnestly with oranges and lemons. But the elder Dukinfield took a dark view of his son's ambition, and once he went as far as to tan him for bruising a lemon. Incensed beyond containment, William climbed aloft in the stable one day and dropped a large box on his father's head. Then he left home, never to return...
Winston Churchill, having ceremonially received the "freedom of the city" at London's Guildhall, saluted a crowd with his familiar topper-twirling gesture, was caught by the camera in close resemblance to William Claude Dukinfield (W. C. Fields...
...long and astonishing professional career of William Claude Dukinfield (W. C. Fields) is divided conveniently into three portions. In the first he was a vaudeville juggler. In the second, he became a star on the Manhattan stage. In the third he recouped a fortune, lost in 1929, as a Hollywood comedian. That Poppy might conclude the third portion was a possibility which appeared imminent last week. Desperately ill most of last year, Fields went to Soboba Hot Springs for a rest after his first picture in almost two years. There last week he was stricken with pneumonia, rushed...
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