{"product_id":"tommy-fields-brother-of-gracie-antique-hand-signed-photo","title":"Tommy Fields Brother Of Gracie Antique Hand Signed Photo","description":"\u003cp\u003ePFAS195A  Antique 3.5\" x 2.5\" hand signed photo for Tommy Fields entertainer and brother of Gracie Fields who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rest perfectly accompanying his portrait which has some reverse ageing (just the other side) otherwise bar mild surface etc in great condition (overall vg+) and a very rare opportunity to secure a signed photo of Tommy Fields obtained from a collector who had great contacts with Gracie Fields (please see his other items at my store).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTommy Fields (28 June 1908  3 June 1988) was a British actor, variety entertainer and music hall performer. He was the younger brother of Gracie Fields.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1926 Tommy Fields joined his sisters Gracie and Edith as the principal comedian in Archie Pitt's new revue By Request, and when they were joined by accordionist Nino Rossini (19011965), he and Tommy Fields decided to form a new double act, Fields and Rossini, with Tommy Fields playing the violin and performing eccentric dancing and Rossini playing his accordion and performing comedy. During 1928 and 1935 Fields and Rossini toured South Africa with Gracie Fields before joining Archie Pitt's new revue, The Shows the Thing, in which he sang three solos, \"I Wish She'd Come Along Now\", \"Connie in the Cornfield\", and \"I Ain't Certain\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThroughout the 1930s Fields and Rossini met with success, playing at various venues, including the London Palladium on the same bill as Gracie Fields. They played at other variety theatres including the London Coliseum, the Hackney Empire and the Holborn Empire. In December 1937 the duo appeared in the pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk at the Empress Theatre in Brixton in which Fields played Dame Trot. In 1939 he recorded two songs with his sister Gracie, \"Two Sleepy People\" and \"The Umbrella Man\", and in 1948 \"Papa, Won't You Dance With Me?\".\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Postcard Finder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56223050006854,"sku":"192147","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3216\/9030\/files\/tommy-fields-brother-of-gracie-antique-hand-signed-photo-192147-p.jpg?v=1774006143","url":"https:\/\/postcardfinder.co.uk\/products\/tommy-fields-brother-of-gracie-antique-hand-signed-photo","provider":"Postcard Finder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}