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[...]
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 privat[...]
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 pretze[...]
An autobiography that tells Groucho Marx's rags-to-riches story with a difference.
Groucho Marx, the most outrageous and voluble of the legendary Marx Brothers, had a life which stretched from vaudeville (his debut was in 1901) to game-show, and took in Hollywood on the way, with such classics as "A Night at the Opera". This autobiography recounts his life and career.[...]
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, L[...]
A trenchant examination of an iconic American figure that explores the cultural and psychological roots of his comic genius 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 por[...]
Groucho on romance! Twenty-seven "superbly silly sallies by the master of the double entendre"-Kirkus Reviews. Here are Groucho's improbable tales of true romance, narrated with his characteristic panache and illustrated with splendid New Yorker -esque cartoons.[...]
Cd i s k digifile med texthäfte.Vi får höra Marconi, radions uppfinnare, berätta om sin historiska radiosändning över Atlanten 1901. Och vi får höra Charles Lindbergh hålla tal till den samlade världspressen när han hade genomfört världens första ensamflygning non–stop över Atla[...]
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. [...]