![[Book #165294] Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Edward F. Cline, Prescott Chaplin John T. Neville, Gloria Jean W C. Fields, Leon Errol, director, screenwriters, starring.](https://royalbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/165294.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757744436)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1941. Vintage publicity photograph of W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean from the 1941 film.
From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.
Told as a "real life" film starring Fields as himself, "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" is an off-beat and slightly bizarre spoof on the Hollywood and filmmaking industry of Fields' time. The film doesn't quite follow a storyline, and is instead intentionally riddled with inconsistencies, forgotten characters, and wacky plot holes.
8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.
[Book #165294]
Price: $150.00
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