Arthur Frank Wertheim (22 December 1935 - 24 November 2020) was a scholar in the United States.

Early life

Arthur Frank Wertheim, born 22 December 1935 in New York, NY to Ruth (née Weisberg) and Albert Wertheim, a stockbroker.^[1] Wertheim attended the Webb School of California in Claremont, California.^[2]

In 1957, Werthheim received a B.A. from Yale University.^[1] At New York University Werthheim received an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970.^[1]

Career

From 1971 to 1978 Wertheim was an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.^[1] Werthheim went to the University of Indonesia, Jakarta where he was a Fulbright professor of American studies for one year, 1978–79.^[1] He then was Director of Development Communications within University Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.^[1]

Personal life

Wertheim married Carol J. Youngberg, on 4 February 1972, later, a social science teacher at Roosevelt Junior High School^[3] in Glendale, and had a son, Jason Albert.^[1] and lived in Silver Lake.^[3]

Works

• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1976). The New York Little Renaissance: Iconoclasm, Modernism, and Nationalism in American Culture, 1908-1917. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9164-6.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1984). American Popular Culture: A Historical Bibliography. ABC-Clio Information Services. ISBN 978-0-87436-049-3.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1992-10-22). Radio Comedy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-502481-8.
• Rogers, Will (1992). Wertheim, Arthur Frank (ed.). Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2357-8.
• Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: The early years, November 1879-April 1904^[3]
• Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: Wild West and vaudeville, April 1904-September 1908^[3]
• Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway : September 1908-August 1915^[3]
• Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: From the Broadway stage to the national stage, September 1915-July 1928^[3]
• Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: The final years, August 1928-August 1935^[3]
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (11 February 2009). Vaudeville Wars: How the Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits Controlled the Big-Time and Its Performers. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-0-230-61136-8.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (9 November 2016). W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-30067-6.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian. Springer. ISBN 9781349949861.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (2020). The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields: How They Created The Basis for His Fame in Sound Films. BearManor Media. ISBN 9781629335926.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (21 January 2019). W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-47329-5.^[4]