The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx

The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx

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Zusammenfassung

Reissued for the thirtieth anniversary of Groucho Marx's death , this brilliant collection returns to fans a classic retrospective of the funny man's best letters with the biggest personalities of his day

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The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx

THE GROUCHO LETTERS enjoys the very best of Groucho's correspondence with the greatest wits and minds of his day. Correspondents include James Thurber, T.S. Eliot, President Harry Truman, Edward R. Murrow, Jerry Lewis, Howard Hughes, Irving Berlin and of course, Chico, Harpo and Gummo. He writes to comics, corporations, children, presidents, and even his daughter's boyfriend. Here is Groucho swapping photos with T. S. Eliot ('I had no idea you were so handsome!'); advising his son on courting a rich dame ('Don't come out bluntly and say, "How much dough have you got?" That wouldn't be the Marxian way'); reacting with utmost composure when informed that he has been made into a verb by James Joyce ('There's no reason why I shouldn't appear in Finnegan’s Wake . I'm certainly as bewildered about life as Joyce was'); and crisply declining membership in a Hollywood club ('I don't care to belong to any social organization that will accept me as a member'). No personage is too big, no nuance too small, no subject too far-out for Groucho's spontaneous, hilarious, and ferocious typewriter.
As a member of the Marx Brothers, Julius a.k.a. Groucho Marx, enjoyed a sensational career on Broadway and in Hollywood with such comedy classics as Animal Crackers, Duck Soup, and A Night at the Opera. His solo career included work as a film actor, television game show emcee and author of Groucho & Me, his autobiography. He died in 1977.
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ISBN 13 9781847391032
ISBN 10 1847391036
Titel The Groucho Letters
Autor Groucho Marx
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Simon & Schuster Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr 2007-08-20
Seitenanzahl 320
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