Love, Groucho
Title | Love, Groucho PDF eBook |
Author | Groucho Marx |
Publisher | Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | 241 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780306811036 |
Nearly 200 letters written by the legendary Marx to his daughter Miriam provide a rare glimpse of the complex man behind the mustache
The Groucho Letters
Title | The Groucho Letters PDF eBook |
Author | Groucho Marx |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 2007-08-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1416536035 |
Donated to the Library of Congress in the mid-1960s, Groucho Marx's correspondence was first crafted into this celebration of wit and wisdom in 1967. Reissued today with his original letters and humor intact, The Groucho Letters exposes one of the twentieth century's most beloved comedian's private insights into show biz, politics, business, and, of course, his illustrious personal life. Included are Marx's conversations with such noted personalities as E. B. White, Fred Allen, Goodman Ace, Nunnally Johnson, James Thurber, Booth Tarkington, Alistair Cooke, Harry Truman, Irving Berlin, and S. J. Perelman. To Confidential Magazine Gentlemen: If you continue to publish slanderous pieces about me, I shall feel compelled to cancel my subscription. Sincerely, Groucho Marx
Groucho
Title | Groucho PDF eBook |
Author | Stefan Kanfer |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 497 |
Release | 2001-05-08 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0375702075 |
This definitive biography of one of the world’s greatest comedians unflinchingly yet affectionately uncovers the man behind the cigar. Here is the amazing career of the man the world recognized as Groucho: the improbable disasters of the vaudeville years; the Marx Brothers, an act so funny W.C. Fields refused to follow it; the unprecedented Broadway success of The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers; the cinematic triumphs of Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera; and the marvelous come-back career as king of the game show hosts with You Bet Your Life. Here, too, is the man himself: a lonely middle child who aspired to be a doctor; a man who sabotaged three marriages; a father alternately indulgent and cruel. Intelligent and thorough, hilarious and sad, Groucho is a spectacular biography of the century’s most influential comedian.
Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales
Title | Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Robert S. Bader |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009-03-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1557839220 |
GROUCHO MARX AND OTHER SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES: THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF GROUCHO M
Groucho and Me
Title | Groucho and Me PDF eBook |
Author | Groucho Marx |
Publisher | Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | 452 |
Release | 2017-07-11 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1787206637 |
The “Me” in the title is a comparatively unknown Marx named Julius (1895-1977), who, under the nom de plume of Groucho, enjoyed a sensational career on Broadway and in Hollywood with such comedy classics as Animal Crackers, Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, and A Day at the Races. His solo career included work as a film actor, television game show emcee, and author of The Groucho Letters, Memoirs of a Mangy Lover, and his classic autobiography, Groucho and Me. With impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx Brothers: the poverty of their childhood in New York’s Upper East Side; the crooked world of small-time vaudeville (where they learned to carry blackjacks); how a pretzel magnate and the graceless dancer of his dreams led to the Marx Brothers’ first Broadway hit, I’ll Say She Is!, how the stock market crash in 1929 proved a godsend for Groucho (even though he lost nearly a quarter of a million dollars); the adventures of the Marx Brothers in Hollywood, the making of their hilarious films, and Groucho’s triumphant television series, You Bet Your Life!. Here is the life and lunatic times of the great eccentric genius, Groucho, a.k.a. Julius Henry Marx. “The book is never less than readable and its glimpses of American show business at its least glamorous are simple, true and sometimes rather touching.”—Times Literary Supplement “My advice is to ration yourself to a chapter a night—it’s that delectable.”—Chicago Sunday Tribune
Hello, I Must Be Going
Title | Hello, I Must Be Going PDF eBook |
Author | Charlotte Chandler |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 577 |
Release | 2007-08-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1416544224 |
A re-release of a classic account of the life and career of the iconic comedian draws on interviews with Marx himself as well as his closest friends and fellow celebrities, from George Burns to Woody Allen. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Groucho Marx
Title | Groucho Marx PDF eBook |
Author | Lee Siegel |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2016-01-28 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0300216637 |
Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the Marx Brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by ingenious wordplay and double entendre. In his spirited biography of this beloved American iconoclast, Lee Siegel views the life of Groucho through the lens of his work on stage, screen, and television. The author uncovers the roots of the performer’s outrageous intellectual acuity and hilarious insolence toward convention and authority in Groucho’s early upbringing and Marx family dynamics. The first critical biography of Groucho Marx to approach his work analytically, this fascinating study draws unique connections between Groucho’s comedy and his life, concentrating primarily on the brothers’ classic films as a means of understanding and appreciating Julius the man. Unlike previous uncritical and mostly reverential biographies, Siegel’s “bio-commentary” makes a distinctive contribution to the field of Groucho studies by attempting to tell the story of his life in terms of his work, and vice versa.