The Essential Groucho: Writings by, for, and about Groucho Marx
by Stefan Kanfer
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From early scripts to complete screenplays, from magazine articles to fascinating personal correspondence, Kafner's collection captures the essence of Groucho's inimitable comic genius.Tags
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This book is called The Essential Groucho and its subtitle reads Writings by, for, and about Groucho Marx. The title is accurate. That's all you need to know, really -- find this book and read it.
And if you don't think Groucho is funny, please never come near me.
And if you don't think Groucho is funny, please never come near me.
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The Essential Groucho is a fantastic little anthology of some truly impressive material, whether you're a Groucho novice or an old hand.
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Stefan Kanfer, acclaimed biographer of Lucille Ball and Groucho Marx, now gives us the definitive life of Marlon Brando, seamlessly intertwining the man and the work to give us a stunning and illuminating appraisal.
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- People/Characters
- Groucho Marx
- First words
- FOOTMAN: The Empress!
- Quotations
- I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.
In a Chicago cafe the other night, an elderly man passed a table.
”There goes George,” observed an onlooker. “When he was young, he was a handsome guy and had many companies. Left a wife and two kids to starve, a... (show all)nd ran off with another woman. And now look at him. Old, broke and very sad.”
”That’s the way-it-goes,” nodded Elly Kleinman. “Time wounds all heels.” - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)GROUCHO: I love my cigar too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 792.7028092 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations Variety shows and theatrical dancing; burlesque, cabaret, vaudeville, music hall, nightclubs modified standard subdivisions Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, miscellany Acting and performance standard subdivisions History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
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- PN2287 .M53 .A25 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater Special regions or countries
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- Languages
- English, German, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
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