W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in the ground, depending on stolen food and clothing. He was often beaten and spent nights in jail. His first regular job was delivering ice. By age thirteen he was a skilled pool player and juggler. It was then, at an amusement park in Norristown PA, that he was first hired as an entertainer. There he developed the technique of pretending to lose the things he was juggling. In 1893 he was employed as a juggler at Fortescue's Pier, Atlantic City. When business was slow he pretended to drown in the ocean (management thought his fake rescue would draw customers). By nineteen he was billed as "The Distinguished Comedian" and began opening bank accounts in every city he played. At age twenty-three he opened at the Palace in London and played with Sarah Bernhardt at Buckingham Palace. He starred at the Folies-Bergere (young Charles Chaplin and Maurice Chevalier were on the program). He was in each of the Ziegfeld Follies from 1915 through 1921. He played for a year in the highly praised musical "Poppy" which opened in New York in 1923. In 1925 D.W. Griffith made a movie of the play, renamed Sally of the Sawdust (1925), starring Fields. Pool Sharks (1915), Fields' first movie, was made when he was thirty-five. He settled into a mansion near Burbank, California and made most of his thirty-seven movies for Paramount. He appeared in mostly spontaneous dialogs on Charlie McCarthy's radio shows. In 1939 he switched to Universal where he made films written mainly by and for himself. He died after several serious illnesses, including bouts of pneumonia.

  • Titulu: W.C. Fields
  • Popularità: 4.833
  • Cunnisciutu per: Acting
  • Anniversariu: 1880-01-29
  • Locu di nascita: Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Homepage: https://www.wcfields.com/
  • Cunnisciutu ancu cum'è: William Claude Dukenfield, Bill Fields, Charles Bogle, Mahatma Kane Jeeves, Otis Criblecoblis
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W.C. Fields I filmi

  • 1940
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    The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

    6.453 1940 HD

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  • 1933
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    Hollywood on Parade No. B-7

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-7

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

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  • 1933
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    International House

    International House

    5.3 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

    6.1 1933 HD

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  • 2004
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    I Know A Riddle

    I Know A Riddle

    1 2004 HD

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  • 1944
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    Follow the Boys

    Follow the Boys

    5.2 1944 HD

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  • 1942
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    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    6.2 1942 HD

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  • 1979
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    The Hollywood Clowns

    The Hollywood Clowns

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1934
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    It's a Gift

    It's a Gift

    6.426 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    6.7 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    6.75 1941 HD

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  • 1936
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    Poppy

    Poppy

    6.5 1936 HD

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  • 1928
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    Fools for Luck

    Fools for Luck

    1 1928 HD

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  • 1940
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    My Little Chickadee

    My Little Chickadee

    6.467 1940 HD

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  • 1938
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    The Big Broadcast of 1938

    The Big Broadcast of 1938

    5.972 1938 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Golf Specialist

    The Golf Specialist

    5.433 1930 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger

    The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger

    6.567 1935 HD

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  • 1927
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    Two Flaming Youths

    Two Flaming Youths

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Pharmacist

    The Pharmacist

    5.7 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Dentist

    The Dentist

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Barber Shop

    The Barber Shop

    6.2 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    5.9 1933 HD

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  • 1915
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    Pool Sharks

    Pool Sharks

    5.2 1915 HD

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  • 1935
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    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Her Majesty, Love

    Her Majesty, Love

    6 1931 HD

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  • 1934
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    Six of a Kind

    Six of a Kind

    5.8 1934 HD

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  • 1924
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    Janice Meredith

    Janice Meredith

    5 1924 HD

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  • 1933
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    Tillie and Gus

    Tillie and Gus

    7.6 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Mississippi

    Mississippi

    6.7 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    You're Telling Me!

    You're Telling Me!

    6.4 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

    6.6 1932 HD

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  • 1926
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    So's Your Old Man

    So's Your Old Man

    6.375 1926 HD

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  • 1925
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    Sally of the Sawdust

    Sally of the Sawdust

    6.1 1925 HD

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  • 1982
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    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    6 1982 HD

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  • 1983
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    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    6.5 1983 HD

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  • 1926
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    It's the Old Army Game

    It's the Old Army Game

    5 1926 HD

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  • 1927
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    Running Wild

    Running Wild

    5.8 1927 HD

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  • 1944
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    Sensations of 1945

    Sensations of 1945

    6.2 1944 HD

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  • 1986
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    W.C. Fields: Straight Up

    W.C. Fields: Straight Up

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1984
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    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    10 1984 HD

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  • 1961
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    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    Hollywood: The Selznick Years

    3.3 1961 HD

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  • 1944
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    Song of the Open Road

    Song of the Open Road

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1928
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    The Circus: Premiere

    The Circus: Premiere

    5.4 1928 HD

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  • 1990
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    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

    5.7 1990 HD

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  • 1928
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    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    6 1928 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Old-Fashioned Way

    The Old-Fashioned Way

    7.067 1934 HD

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  • 1994
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    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    1 1994 HD

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  • 1964
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    The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 2000
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    W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

    W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

    7 2000 HD

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  • 1933
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    How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

    How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action

    1 1933 HD

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

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  • 1940
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    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1975
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    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    5.7 1975 HD

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  • 1976
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    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    6.8 1976 HD

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  • 1927
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    The Potters

    The Potters

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1997
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    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

    5 1997 HD

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  • 1925
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    That Royle Girl

    That Royle Girl

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1949
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    Down Memory Lane

    Down Memory Lane

    1 1949 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Bank Dick

    The Bank Dick

    6.453 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    My Little Chickadee

    My Little Chickadee

    6.467 1940 HD

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  • 1941
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    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

    6.75 1941 HD

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  • 1930
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    The Golf Specialist

    The Golf Specialist

    5.433 1930 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Barber Shop

    The Barber Shop

    6.2 1933 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Dentist

    The Dentist

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1915
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    Pool Sharks

    Pool Sharks

    5.2 1915 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    The Fatal Glass of Beer

    5.9 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Pharmacist

    The Pharmacist

    5.7 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    Man on the Flying Trapeze

    5.9 1935 HD

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  • 1933
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    Too Many Highballs

    Too Many Highballs

    6 1933 HD

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  • 1939
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    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    6.7 1939 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Old-Fashioned Way

    The Old-Fashioned Way

    7.067 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    It's a Gift

    It's a Gift

    6.426 1934 HD

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  • 1982
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    Wogan

    Wogan

    4.5 1982 HD

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  • 1990
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    Star Life

    Star Life

    10 1990 HD

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