The Marx Brothers: The Pocket Essential Guide ebook download Mark Bego

The Marx Brothers: The Pocket Essential Guide

When you think of the classic comedies of the 1930s, it's hard not to recall the painted-on moustache and cigar smoke of Groucho Marx, the malapropism-ladened Italian accent of Chico Marx, the pantomime harp-playing clown Harpo Marx or the bumbling straight man as characterised by Zeppo Marx. They were The Marx Brothers and together they produced some of the most memorable, joke-filled, hysterical movies and comedy moments ever filmed. This family of brothers, whose impressive body of work includes Duck Soup, Horse Feathers, Animal Crackers, A Night At The Opera and A Night In Casablanca, performed with each other for five decades. There was never a comic troupe quite like The Marx Brothers, although their antics inspired countless comedians including: The Three Stooges, Abbott and Costello, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and even Cheech & Chong. However, The Marx Brothers were not a product of Hollywood at all. For 20 years before they set foot on a movie soundstage, they struggled on the vaudeville circuit, playing in every town and whistle-stop in the United States and Canada. Their mother Minnie Marx was part of the act, was their manager and was often their producer. There was even a fifth brother, Gummo, who dropped out of the act before fame finally struck. Finally, after years of struggling, The Marx Brothers arrived when I'll Say She Is became the surprise Broadway hit of 1924. Suddenly they were on a hot streak. They quickly followed it with The Cocoanuts, which ran from October 1925 to November 1927, and then Animal Crackers in October 1928.

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Title of ebook: The Marx Brothers: The Pocket Essential Guide
ISBN: 9781848396883
parent-ISBN: 9781848396883
Publisher: Pocket Essentials
Published: 03-2009
Released online for download: 03-13-2009
Author of eBook: Bego, Mark

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