Jan 20, 2018
W. C. Fields was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. He started on the vaudeville circuit, becoming internationally famous as a silent juggler. He slowly became a (talking) comedian, and starred in his first play on Broadway in 1923, appearing in a long list of plays and eventually movies afterwards. Fields first became famous during Prohibition. And though he lived and worked after alcohol became legal again, he never forgot:
Harpo Marx visited W. C. Fields once and the latter showed him his attic. It was filled with hundreds of cases of liquor.
”Bill,” said Harpo, “what’s with all the booze?”
”Never can be sure Prohibition won’t come back, my boy,” explained Fields.
From “Hollywood Anecdotes” by Paul Boller and Ronald Davis