People, Jun. 2, 1975

"Most baffling of all is his sex life," concluded Actor Rod Steiger after looking into the life and lines of Comedian W.C. Fields. "What did he really think about women? There are no good clues." Steiger stars in the film W.C. Fields and Me with Valerie Perrine, who portrays the former movie extra who lived with Fields for many years. He has studied for his role by watching old Fields movies at home and going to bed at night with the comedian's recorded voice playing through his earphones. "There are some remarkable similarities in...

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