News
- Coney Island Marx Brothers WeekendThe Marx Brothers Weekend May, 23-25 at the Coney Island Museum includes:
- screenings of The Cocoanuts
- a panel and symposium with the topic The Marx Brothers vs. The Man
- a challenging game of Marx Brothers trivia: You Brett Your Life
- A Day On The Boardwalk, A Night At The Strip Show, a Burlesque Tribute to the Marx Brothers
- "The Cocoanuts" in Brooklyn, NYOn Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM and Sunday, May 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM the Coney Island Museum presents The Cocoanuts in a new new 3-D version, introduced by Noah Diamond
- "The Marx Brothers vs. The Man" in Brooklyn, NYOn Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM the Coney Island Museum presents The Marx Brothers vs. The Man: "a panel and symposium exploring the Marx Brothers as rabble-rousing anti-establishment figures, both onscreen and off. Presenters include Noah Diamond of I'll Say She Is and the Marx Brothers Council Podcast, the great Jennifer Miller of Circus Amok, vaudeville author and Travalanche blogger Trav S.D., author/actress/astrologer Kathy Biehl of I’ll Say She Is, and historian Steve Jaffee"
- "You Brett Your Life" in Brooklyn, NYOn Saturday, May 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM the Coney Island Museum presents You Brett Your Life: "A challenging game of Marx Brothers trivia, hosted by author, humorist, Marxfest Committee member Brett Leveridge, with sidekick Noah Diamond. A chance to win fun and fabulous prizes! "
- "A Day On The Boardwalk, A Night At The Strip Show" in Brooklyn. NYOn the 23rd, 24th and 25th May 2025 at 8:00 PM the Coney Island Museum presents A Day On The Boardwalk, A Night At The Strip Show: A Burlesque Tribute to the Marx Brothers: "Classic comedy meets carny meets the ol' bump-n-grind in this burlesque tribute to the Marx Brothers"
- "Horse Feathers" in Columbus, OHAs part of their Summer Movies Series the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts presents "Horse Feathers" in a double bill with W.C.Fields' "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break". Friday, Aug 22 at 7:30pm
- Today in Marx History
- The Marx Brothers Council podcast
- "An Evening with Groucho" - tour dates
Frank Ferrante is touring with his show "An Evening with Groucho".
Click here for information about his current tour dates and other projects. - Recent Publications
Recent publications
Books / Audio / Video
Books about the Marx Brothers, their films etc.
Bader, Robert S.: Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother
From the publisher: "Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother gives a lively account of this checkered life and career. As Robert Bader recounts, Zeppo's lifelong addiction to gambling led him into relationships with several notorious organized crime figures. He would ultimately appear before grand juries more frequently than the camera. Socially, he mixed as easily with mobsters like Mickey Cohen as he did with movie stars like Clark Gable. He was certainly the only Marx Brother who saw the corpse of a friend in a newspaper crime scene photo. Comprehensively researched with the full cooperation of Zeppo's estate—including the first-ever interviews with his two sons — this is a remarkable look at the many lives of Zeppo Marx — even the ones he did his best to keep secret."
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Bardés, César; Iglesias, Jaime; López, Jesús Antonio; Morán, Ernesto Pérez: Sopa de ganso. El libro del 90 aniversario
Published on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of "Duck Soup". Publisher's description: "The book analyzes the different aspects of the film: the actors and their characters, the director, the filming, the comic gags, the dialogues... All accompanied by a great photographic display"
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- (español) Notorious Ediciones, 2024, ISBN: 84 18181 75 3 Check availability (commissions earned*):         |
Bassano, Nicola: I fratelli Marx campioni del caos
From the publisher: "[F]ilm historian Nicola Bassano tells the story of [the Marx Brothers] from their vaudeville days to their success on the big screen up to their meeting with the great producer Irving Thalberg, reviewing anecdote by anecdote, film by film."
Deals mainly with the MGM movies especially ANATO and ADATR
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- (italiano) Sagoma Editore, Vimercate, Italy, 2024, ISBN: 88 6506 193 6 Check availability (commissions earned*): |
Trav S. D: The Marx Brothers Miscellany - A Subjective Appreciation of the World's Greatest Comedy Team
From the publisher: "Writer/ performer Trav S.D. [...] turns his attention to the greatest of all stage and screen comedy teams in 'The Marx Brothers Miscellany'. Adapted from a series of public lectures and over 150 articles [...], 'The Marx Brothers Miscellany' mimics its unruly subject with an irreverent style and crazy-quilt structure combining cultural history, biography, criticism, and more than a few surprises."
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Articles about the Marx Brothers, their movies, stage shows etc.
Arends, Silke: Komiker mit Kultstatus
Article about the Brothers and their relation to Minnie's hometown Dornum
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Books and articles which mention the Marx Brothers in a larger context
Cipa, Matthew: Is Harpo Free? - And Other Questions of the Metaphysical Screen
The preface ("Prelude: Is Harpo Free? Four Ways") is about Harpo.
From the publisher: "'Is Harpo Free?' is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, such as free will, causality, and personal identity. [...] the book [...] celebrates the artistic ways in which they give life to various metaphysical concepts and how the artistic expression of these concepts and ideas helps us understand ourselves, the world, and our place within it. [...] Films and television programs discussed include 'A Night at the Opera'; 'Run, Lola, Run'; 'Shane'; 'Harvey'; 'Three Colours: Blue'; 'The Americans'; 'Dark'; and 'Fargo'."
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- SUNY Press, New York, 2024, ISBN: 1 438 49735 0 / (hardcover) Check availability (commissions earned*): |
Books and articles by and about colleagues and contemporaries of the Marx Brothers
Books and articles of little or unknown relation to the Marx Brothers
Gehring, Wes D.: Kinds of American Film Comedy: Six Core Genres and Their Literary Roots
From the publisher: "This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film—including some who worked both on the page and on the screen [...]. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy. [...]"
I assume the Marx Brothers will be mentioned in some place.
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