W. C. Fields contract signed, with additional handwritten annotations by Fields, dated April 25, 1931, on “Charles Beyer” (Fields’ agent) stationery. The one-page agreement, 7.25" x 10.5", details Fields’ arrangement to pay Beyer 10% of his feature film earnings, stating in part: “I hereby agree to pay you ten per cent (10%) of my salaries… if you procure an engagement for me with RKO… at a salary of $25,000.00 a picture…” Signed “W. C. Fields” at the conclusion, with further handwritten notes in his hand throughout. Fold lines, light handling wear, overall near fine.
W.C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), was an American actor, comedian, juggler and writer. Fields' career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. His subsequent stage and film roles were often similar scoundrels or henpecked everyman characters. Among his trademarks were his raspy drawl and grandiloquent vocabulary.
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