W.C. Fields and Me
As W. C. Fields' mistress during his later years, aspiring actress Carlotta Monti lived with the famous comedian for a number of years in his palatial Hollywood mansion. She offers some revealing and insightful glimpses at W. C. Fields, the private person. For example, she tells us that he sometimes slept on his billiard table and that he loved the sound of rain, finding its regular rhythm as soothing as a lullaby. Although, she says, Fields could be ...
