The Groucho Letters

Author : Groucho Marx
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416536031

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The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx Pdf

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

Author : Groucho Marx
Publisher : Pocket
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Comedians
ISBN : 1847391036

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The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx Pdf

This book enjoys the very best of Groucho's correspondence with the greatest wits and minds of his day. Correspondents include James Thurber, T.S. Eliot, President Harry Truman, Edward R. Murrow, Jerry Lewis, Howard Hughes, Irving Berlin and of course, Chico, Harpo and Gummo. He writes to comics, corporations, children, presidents, and even his daughter's boyfriend. Here is Groucho swapping photos with T. S. Eliot ('I had no idea you were so handsome!'); advising his son on courting a rich dame ('Don't come out bluntly and say, "How much dough have you got?" That wouldn't be the Marxian way'); and crisply declining membership in a Hollywood club ('I don't care to belong to any social organization that will accept me as a member'). No personage is too big, no nuance too small, no subject too far-out for Groucho's spontaneous, hilarious, and ferocious typewriter.

Author : Groucho Marx,Miriam Marx Allen
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0306811030

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Love, Groucho by Groucho Marx,Miriam Marx Allen Pdf

Nearly 200 letters written by the legendary Marx to his daughter Miriam provide a rare glimpse of the complex man behind the mustache

Author : Stefan Kanfer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06-13
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780375702136

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The Essential Groucho by Stefan Kanfer Pdf

Groucho Marx may be the funniest man who ever lived. Here in one volume are the classics of Marxian mayhem: excerpts from the scripts of the immortal movies, passages from his books, his articles for magazines ranging from The New Yorker to the Saturday Evening Post, the choicest ad-libs and quips from his long-running game show, You Bet Your Life, and selected letters, including his classic correspondence with T. S. Eliot. It's all here-the finest and funniest work by this century's most influential comedian, that man of whom Woody Allen said, "He is simply unique in the same way Picasso and Stravinsky are, and I believe his outrageous, unsentimental disregard for order will be equally funny a thousand years from now. In addition to all this, he makes me laugh." In the words of Groucho Marx: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he go in my pajamas I don't know. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Author : Lee Siegel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300216639

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Groucho Marx by Lee Siegel Pdf

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.

Author : Stefan Kanfer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780375702075

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Groucho by Stefan Kanfer Pdf

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.

Author : Robert S. Bader
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781557839220

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Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales by Robert S. Bader Pdf

GROUCHO MARX AND OTHER SHORT STORIES AND TALL TALES: THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF GROUCHO M

Author : Charlotte Chandler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 1114 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781471105852

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Hello, I Must Be Going by Charlotte Chandler Pdf

When Groucho Marx was well into his eighties, Charlotte Chandler approached him about writing a profile of him for a magazine. Groucho invited Charlotte to meet and that meeting grew into a friendship that lasted until Groucho's death in August 1977. Groucho was surrounded by a group of friends - some old timers like George Burns and Jack Benny - some younger comedians, like Woody Allen, who revered Groucho. Charlotte was present for most of these meetings and these conversations form the basis of HELLO, I MUST BE GOING. Some are hilarious, some are poignant, all of them are fascinating. If you ever wondered what it was like to spend some time with Groucho Marx, one of the wittiest men ever, this is your book.

Author : Groucho Marx
Publisher : Bobbs-Merrill Company
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UVA:X000301541

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Beds by Groucho Marx Pdf

"Included among these essays are his featherbedding campaign against standardization of cots, a defense of bedbugs, and a full chapter on 'The Advantages of Sleeping Alone.' Not only has Groucho made his BEDS; he lies in it. Call him bedroom radical, call him dreamer, call him collect, Groucho's BEDS is the last word on bedroom bedlam, and 'no Marx ever breaks his word-except maybe to an employer, the landlord or a lady" --

Author : Groucho Marx
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781787206632

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Groucho and Me by Groucho Marx Pdf

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

Author : Steve Stoliar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1593936524

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Raised Eyebrows by Steve Stoliar Pdf

"A real page-turner that is by turns startling, shocking and as engrossing as a good novel. What a splendid book it is." -- Dick Cavett "It's one of the best books about a show-business icon I've ever read...It makes Groucho live so much more than the conventional bios." -- Woody Allen "Raised Eyebrows is an intimate account of one of our national treasures - Groucho Marx. It's written by a young man who was fortunate enough to live with and work for Groucho, and if he doesn't know what he's talking about, who would? It has a unique insider's point of view and is a fascinating study of a man who was one of the kings of comedy." -- Jack Lemmon "In this delightful report, Mr. Stoliar brings the real Groucho alive with wit, tears and all." -- Steve Allen

Author : Arthur Marx,Robert Fisher
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573670501

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Groucho by Arthur Marx,Robert Fisher Pdf

This inspired bio musical about The One and Only begins with Groucho as an old man doing his famous Carnegie Hall show. It then goes back to the beginnings of the Marx Brothers and their struggles to make it in vaudeville, their rise to stardom and their eventual break up. All classic Groucho songs are included. One actor plays Groucho, another plays Chico and Harpo, and one actress plays all the wives, girlfriends and Margaret Dumont. A hit in New York, across the U.S. and in London, this show will delight Marx Brothers fans and the as yet uninitiated.

Author : Harpo Marx,Rowland Barber
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781787203891

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Harpo Speaks! by Harpo Marx,Rowland Barber Pdf

First published in 1961, this is the autobiography of Harpo Marx, the silent comedian of The Marx Brothers fame. Writing of his life before, during, and after becoming famous by incorporating lovely and humorous stories and anecdotes, Harp Marx tells of growing up in a rough neighborhood and being poor, being bullied and dropping out of school, teaching himself to read, write, tell time, and to play the piano and harp. He speaks of his close relationships with his family members, particularly his mother and brother Leonard (Chico), who would become his partner-in-crime on screen, and the profound effect that the death of his parents Sam and Minnie had on him. Filled with insider tales of his antics on and off stage, and the hard graft he and his brothers put into reaching their level of success, the reader becomes privy to a rare glimpse into Marx’ thoughts on everything and everyone he had the privilege of working with. The book reveals the friendships he forged and the blows he was dealt in show-business, and of his marriage to his wife, actress Susan Fleming, with whom he adopted four children and built a ranch on which they lived happily ever after, along with numerous animals. A thoroughly enjoyable read. “This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal “A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber.”—New York Times Book Review “This is a racy autobiography by the mute Marx Brother with the rolling eyes, oversized pants and red wig who could send a glissando reeling over his harp.[...] It is enjoyable reading and polished writing...”—Kirkus Review

Author : Arthur Marx
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : IND:30000029491820

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My Life with Groucho by Arthur Marx Pdf

The author shares his memories of his father and provides an overview of Groucho's career, his family life, and the turmoil of his final years.

Author : Richard J. Anobile
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Duck
ISBN : OCLC:1137863210

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Why a Duck? by Richard J. Anobile Pdf