Groucho Marx Knihy

Reissued for the thirtieth anniversary of Groucho Marx's death, this collection returns to fans a classic retrospective of the funny man's best letters with the biggest personalities of his day.

This is the controversial, "scandalous", beguiling, and absolutely authentic memoir of the most famous foursome in movie history, recounted by none other than the masterhimself. Here's Groucho , telling it like it was in a serie sof uncensored interviews salted with hair-raising quips and opinions on everthing from family skeletons to Marilyn Monroe's sex life. Film historian Richard J. Anobile's interviews with Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo, with Susan Marx, Jack Benny, Harry Ruby, Morrie Ryskind, and others who knew and worked with the fabled four along with 300splendid illustrations and memorabilia combine to bring you-for the first time-the one, the only, the real Marx Bros. -copied from back cover

"An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality."--James ThurberWith impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent wit, and a superb sense of the ridiculous, Groucho tells the saga of the Marx 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.

For everyone who still can't get enough of this legendary wit (and excellent writer), here is an extraordinary collection of almost two hundred letters by Groucho Marx. Following a close filial relationship as it unfolds week by week, year by year, these letters move through three decades of from the vagaries of Groucho's career in film, radio, and television, through two divorces and two remarriages, to Miriam's own often tumultuous young adulthood. In his own inimitable fashion, Groucho advises his daughter about her schoolwork, writing, career, growing up, and growing old. He also discusses theater, film, books, and politics with a candor that will surprise and delight even his most knowledgeable fans. Accompanied by photographs from Miriam's personal albums, Love, Groucho reveals a man deeply concerned with his family, a sometimes firm, always loving father who never hesitated to say exactly what he thought.

Barcelona. 22 cm. 334 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Marx, Groucho 1891-1977. Traducción, Jos Oliver. Hoy libro. Traducción The Groucho letters. "Anagrama". Correspondencia .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 8493455741

Questo libro propone un repertorio torrenziale di battute, calembours, freddure, giochi di parole e irresistibili situazioni comiche, create dal piú popolare dei fratelli Marx, Groucho. C'è chi ha affermato che Groucho è l'uomo piú divertente che sia mai esistito; lo conferma questa antologia, costruita con le parole del comico americano tratte da sceneggiature cinematografiche, da articoli pubblicati sul «New Yorker» e su altri periodici prestigiosi, dai travolgenti e surreali dialoghi del suo show televisivo You Bet Your Life . Non manca una scelta di lettere: l'esilarante corrispondenza con l'ufficio legale della Warner Bros. che accusava i Marx di plagio, l'amicizia epistolare con Th. S. Eliot, sfociata in un memorabile incontro a Londra, la vena umoristica che Groucho sapeva suscitare anche in chi gli scriveva...