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Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo a celebration of the Marx Brothers (Paperback)

by Joe Adamson (Author)
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  • Paperback: 484 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket (February 1, 1976)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671803654
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671803650
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Without doubt the best Marx Bros. book I've read., November 19, 1997
This review is from: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World (Hardcover)
It's rare for a book on a specific subject to be so extremely well-written that it's worth recommending to people on that basis alone. This is a book which would be entertaining and even hilarious to people who aren't Marx Brothers fanatics. Even the classic anecdotes that Marxophiles have read a thousand times are told with such wit and energy that they feel new. Adamson's work has served to greatly enhance my already fanatical interest. And yes, even the footnotes are funny.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well intentioned disappointment, February 11, 2002
Adamson is best when delving into the pandemonium that went on behind the screen -- the troupes of writers and endless script incarnations it took to make the movies we love today.

But his analysis of the films themselves leaves much to be desired. In his endless scene-by-scene expositions, he assaults the reader with too much of the wrong detail -- surprisingly missing crucial moments and nuances while hitting us over the head with his own facile bias for page after page after page. (Adamson's editor must have been spending a day at the races when this manuscript came up for review.)

We also don't get much of anything about the Brothers' famous sidekicks. Only a couple paragraphs are spared for the great Margaret Dumont, and NONE for Louis Calhern, arguably the best straight-man performance in 1930's comedy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo....., September 21, 2001
By Brother Frank "boowho" (Mc Kinney, Tx. United States) - See all my reviews
Get this book! A must for Marx Brother fans. Great stuff. Joe hits all of the Marx Brother's movies in detail. He also includes quite a bit of pre-1929 info. Joe is right on the money with rise and fall of the Marx Brothers movies. Chapter vi "Joy Becomes Laughter", page 349 is the best single page on "The Age of Heroic Comedy" (Marx Bros., Buster, Llyod etc.) ever written!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A solid biography of Grouch and kin
The best thing about this exhaustively researched and jauntily written critical biography is the anecdotes: Groucho once "attended a spritualists' meeting and answered a call for... Read more
Published on March 17, 2006 by John Gabree

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as great as it could have been
There's a lot of great material in this book; there's no denying that. There are wonderful sections on not only the brothers' movies and vaudeville shows but also the people who... Read more
Published on January 29, 2006 by Anyechka

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2.0 out of 5 stars Adamson isn't a Marx Brother
So he should stop trying, at tedious length throughout the book, to be one. Yes there's an admirable wealth of research here but it's constantly obscured by the author's tiresome... Read more
Published on January 16, 2003

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5.0 out of 5 stars The single best work about the Marx Brothers and their films
If you could only read one book about the Marx Brothers and their films, this one should be it. Incredibly complete and detailed, extremely well-researched; but also, hilariously... Read more
Published on August 11, 1997 by pinniped@ibm.net

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for any Marx Brothers fan!
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