Groucho by Stefan Kanfer

Groucho by Stefan Kanfer

This definitive biography of one of the world's greatest comedians unflinchingly yet affectionately uncovers the man behind the cigar.

Here is the amazing career of the man the world recognized as Groucho: the improbable disasters of the vaudeville years; the Marx Brothers, an act so funny W.C. Fields refused to follow it; the unprecedented Broadway success of The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers; the cinematic triumphs of Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera; and the marvelous come-back career as king of the game show hosts with You Bet Your Life. Here, too, is the man himself: a lonely middle child who aspired to be a doctor; a man who sabotaged three marriages; a father alternately indulgent and cruel. Intelligent and thorough, hilarious and sad, Groucho is a spectacular biography of the century's most influential comedian.

Ball of Fire: Lucille Ball's Tumultuous Life and Comedy Art; Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of Jewish Theater in America; and Somebody: Marlon Brando's Reckless Life and Extraordinary Career are among Stefan Kanfer's publications. For more than two decades, he worked at Time as a writer and editor, and he was the magazine's first bylined film critic, a position he held from 1967 until 1972. He's also the key interviewer in the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Line King and the editor of The Essential Groucho, an anthology of Groucho Marx's comedy. He has received multiple writing honors and is a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library. He splits his time between New York and Cape Cod.

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ISBN 13	9780375702075
ISBN 10	0375702075
Title	Groucho
Author	Stefan Kanfer
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2001-05-08
Number of pages	496
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