| Description |
viii, 162 pages : portrait ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Jewish lives |
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Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-151) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: a fateful condition -- Nothing will come of nothing -- Human, all too human -- Fathers and sons -- Groucho and me: a match made in heaven -- Interlude: words -- Beyond the pleasure principle -- Groucho the Jewish aristocrat -- Groucho the Jewish outsider-philosopher -- Epilogue: gone today, here tomorrow. |
| Summary |
Born Julius Marx in 1890, the brilliant comic actor who would later be known as Groucho was the most verbal of the famed comedy team, the Marx Brothers, his broad slapstick portrayals elevated by ingenious wordplay and double entendre. In his spirited biography of this beloved American iconoclast, Lee Siegel views the life of Groucho through the lens of his work on stage, screen, and television. |
| Subject |
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
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Comedians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9780300174458 (hardcover) |
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0300174454 (hardcover) |
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