Adamson, Joe: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A Celebration of The Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World
(Category: Books about the Marx Brothers, their films etc.)
"... well researched and well written (and funny) ...
his Marx Brothers tome is absolutely heads and tails the best I've read,
and I've read 'em all." (WGW) / "Adamson has done a superb job here, not only
breaking down each film to discuss its strong and weak points, but detailing the history of each, from conception through filming, with particular emphasis on
the scriptwriting phase. Plenty of biographical material, too, and Adamson has taken pains to avoid reprinting popular misconceptions about everything from
birth dates to practical jokes, sorting fact from fiction with detailed research and interviews with virtually everyone who worked with the Marxes and was still
alive to talk about it. Most of all, Adamson's style is nearly as hilarious as the films themselves; the chapter on Horsefeathers belongs in some anthology on
great American humor. Even the footnotes are amusing, one reviewer noted, correctly. " (Robert Rose)
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The Marx Brothers - Los Hermanos Marx - האחים מרקס -
マルクス兄弟 - Les Freres Marx - 마르크스형제 -
Братья Маркс -
Bröderna Marx - برادران مارکس - I Fratelli Marx - Братята Маркс - Bracia Marx -
Germans Marx - الأخوة ماركس - 馬克思兄弟 -
Αδελφοί Μαρξ - Irmãos Marx
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Frank Bland's Why A Duck?
Mikael Uhlin's Marxology
