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How W.C. Fields Helped End Prohibition

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The groundbreaking comedian, who died 70 years ago, has arguably become the face of drinking in America.

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In 1933, W.C. Fields starred in his first major Hollywood film. It was called International House, and Fields played professor Henry R. Quail. In it, the professor was flying his autogyro (a strange hybrid of plane and helicopter) to Kansas City.

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