On Shorty Blanche: Indispensable Stooge of W.C. Fields
Today is the birthday of William “Shorty” Blanche (1875-1931). Described a little unfairly as a “toothless dwarf” by W.C. Fields biographer James Curtis (see photo above, he’s not a dwarf, just a short guy), Shorty Blanche was a show business legend as Fields’ real life valet and onstage comedy stooge. He began working for Fields in […]
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