He moved into film and would end up with his final starring role coming in 1941 in "Never Give A Sucker An Even Break".
In 1923 he starred in the Broadway hit musical "Poppy" and his star rose rapidly.
In 1915 he joined the Ziegfield Follies where he became known for his quick repartee. He was a headline star in vaudeville by the time he was 21. He was born on 28th January 1880 in Darby, Pennsylvania and left home at an early age to start performing as a juggler. Famous for his curmudgeonly, hard drinking, child-hating persona, he left a legacy of sayings which reflect the keen eye and sharp wit that made his one of America's greatest comedians. This sums up the wit of William Claude Dukenfield aka W.C. Fields was asked on his deathbed why he was reading the bible as he was known to be a non-believer, he succinctly replied that he "was looking for loopholes". For his efforts in the peace process and his role in reshaping the postwar world, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. He played a major role in the post war peace process and was instrumental in the formation of the League of Nations in 1919 which was the 14th point of his famous "Fourteen Points" speech to congress in 1918. However far reaching these changes were, his tenure as president will always be remembered by his role in taking the United States into World War I as a way of preserving democracy.
His tenure was marked by major changes to the economic policies of the nation with the introduction of, inter alia, the Revenue Act of 1913 which was the start of the income tax system and the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 which created the central banking system of the country. Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia on 28th December 1856 and won the 1912 presidential election. Wry words indeed from a man who introduced a myriad of changes during his tenure as the 28th President of the United States of America and who, no doubt, made a number of enemies along the way.
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