Long before his voice became a signature sound of box office comedies in the 1930s and early 1940s, W. C. Fields was stealing scenes in silent films. A screening of "Sally of the Sawdust," a 1925 ...

There's now an entire generation that is vaguely aware that W.C. Fields was a venerated comedian, but has absolutely no idea why. Fields' films rarely show up in film revivals and only occasionally on ...