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• Books by the Marx Brothers
• Scripts of plays, movies & radio shows
• Books and articles by members of the Marx family about the Marx Brothers or the Marx family
• Books about the Marx Brothers, their films etc.
• Books in which the Marx Brothers appear as characters
• Books in which material of the Marx Brothers is quoted
• Articles about the Marx Brothers, their movies, stage shows etc.
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• Movies with Groucho, Harpo or Chico
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Books by the Marx Brothers

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Kanfer, Stefan (Ed.): The Essential Groucho : Writings by and for Groucho Marx

- Vintage Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 375 70213 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Penguin Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 14 029425 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Penguin Classics, 2008, ISBN: 0 14 118944 4 / note the wrong Groucho on the cover. This is a picture of photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt from an article in LIFE magazine from 1949     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Penguin Publishing, 2008 / Kindle Download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) RBA Libros, Barcelona, Spain, 2001, ISBN: 84 790 1755 4 titled: El ABC de Groucho     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) RBA, Bolsillo, Argentina, 2006, ISBN: 987 6090 61 5 titled: El ABC de Groucho Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Einaudi, Torino, Italy, 2001, ISBN: 88 06 15351 X titled: O quest'uomo è morto, o il mio orologio si è fermato. Il meglio del meglio di Groucho, translated by: Anna Martini     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Beds
Uncredited assistance by Arthur Sheekman. A partly modified version appeared in "College Humor" in September, November and December 1930 and January 1931.

- Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1976, ISBN: 0 672 52224 1 / first printing black& white cover photo     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1976, ISBN: 0 672 52224 1 / second printing colour cover photo     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Fischer, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1987, 1988, ISBN: 3 596 24467 6 titled: Bettgeschichten, translated by: Reinhard Kaiser / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1984, ISBN: 84 7223 616 1 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner / various editions     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1984, ISBN: 84 7223 616 1 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner / Segunda edicion     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1985, ISBN: 84 7223 616 1 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner / Tercera edicion     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1987, ISBN: 84 7223 616 1 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner / Quarta edicion     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1987, ISBN: 84 7223 616 1 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner / Quinta edicion     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1997, ISBN: 84 8310 554 3 titled: Camas, translated by: José Luis Guarner     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Éditions du Seuil, Paris, France, 1983, ISBN: 2 02 006386 7 titled: Plumards, de cheval, translated by: Claude Duneton Claude     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Lindau, Torino, Italy, 1995, ISBN: 88 7180 125 3 titled: Letti     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Lindau, Italy, 2009, ISBN: 88 7180 818 5 titled: Letti, translated by: L. Rocca / 2 edizione     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Lindau, Torino, Italy, 2017, ISBN: 88 670 8751 7 titled: Letti, translated by: Luca Rocca     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Lindau, Torino, Italy, 2017 titled: Letti, translated by: Luca Rocca / (Kindle e-book)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Groucho and Me
"Goes over the basics. You get a lot of the staple Groucho material in here." (Teej) / "Groucho's own autobiography, full of anecdotes and thoughts from the most articulate of the brothers. ... not necessarily a terrific source of hard facts, as Groucho is very prone to sacrifice accuracy for entertainment; but a marvelous read all around." (Robert Rose)

- Manor Books (15114), New York, NY, 1973, ISBN: 0 532 19165 X / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Columbus Books, London, UK, 1987, ISBN: 0 86287 377 0 / in "The Lively Arts" series     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Fireside, New York, NY, 1989, ISBN: 0 671 67781 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - AMS Press, 1991, ISBN: 0 404 19938 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Books, London, UK, 1994, ISBN: 0 86369 724 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, New York, NY, 1995, ISBN: 0 306 80666 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 86369 724 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Books, London, UK, 2009, ISBN: 0 7535 1950 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Amazon Digital Services/Da Capo Press, 2011 / Kindle download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Fischer, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1981, ISBN: 3 596 23667 3 titled: Schule des Lächelns, translated by: Ursula von Wiese / paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1995, ISBN: 3 8077 0320 9 titled: Groucho und ich, translated by: Sven Böttcher / hardcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) btb, München, Germany, 1998 (paperback), ISBN: 3 442 72227 6 titled: Groucho und ich, translated by: Sven Böttcher     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Atrium Verlag, Zürich & Hamburg, 2010, ISBN: 3 85535 506 1 titled: Groucho und ich, translated by: Sven Böttcher / in: "Groucho&Marx"     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1971 titled: Groucho y yo     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1977, ISBN: 84 7223 406 1 titled: Groucho y yo, translated by: Xavier Ortega     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1992, ISBN: 84 7223 488 6 titled: Groucho y yo, translated by: Xavier Ortega     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1995, ISBN: 84 7223 875 X titled: Groucho y yo, translated by: Xavier Ortega     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 2011, ISBN: 84 8383 587 8 titled: Groucho y yo, translated by: Xavier Ortega     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Argentina, 2011, ISBN: 987 6703 83 8 titled: Groucho y yo, translated by: Xavier Ortega     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Éditions du Seuil, Paris, France, 1984, ISBN: 2 02 008616 6 titled: Mémoires capitales, translated by: Jacques Le Gal, Pierre Michaut     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Biblioteca Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 1997, ISBN: 88 459 1340 6 titled: Groucho e io, translated by: Franco Salvatorelli     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) gli Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 2017, ISBN: 88 459 3184 6 titled: Groucho e io, translated by: Franco Salvatorelli     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Memoirs Of A Mangy Lover
assistance by Arthur Sheekman.
"Humorous history of love." (Eyles, 1969) / "...just a collection of anecdotes and tall tales. It needs to be read as a collection of comedy routines. They make more sense if you can picture Groucho delivering them as a monologue." (John Benz Fentner)

- Manor Books / Pocket Paperback, 1973, ISBN: 0 532 19164 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Futura Publications, London, UK, 1975, ISBN: 0 8600 7142 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Fireside, New York, NY, 1989, ISBN: 0 671 67941 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Chivers / Firecrest, Bath, UK, 1990, ISBN: 0 86220 679 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, 1997, ISBN: 0 306 80769 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 306 81104 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 306 81104 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Amazon Digital Services/Da Capo Press, 2011 / Kindle download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Fischer, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1988, ISBN: 3 596 24480 3 titled: Ein ramponierter Frauenheld, translated by: Reinhard Kaiser / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1995, ISBN: 3 8077 0321 7 titled: Memoiren eines spitzen Lumpen, translated by: Sven Böttcher / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) btb, München, Germany, 1998, ISBN: 3 442 72232 2 titled: Memoiren eines spitzen Lumpen, translated by: Sven Böttcher / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Atrium Verlag, Zürich & Hamburg, 2010, ISBN: 3 85535 506 1 titled: Memoiren eines spitzen Lumpen, translated by: Sven Böttcher / in: "Groucho&Marx"     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Edhasa, Barcelona, Spain, 1997, ISBN: 84 350 1593 9 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Juan Leira     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 2000, ISBN: 84 8310 140 8 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Manuel Talens     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Edhasa, Argentina, 2000, ISBN: 987 628 059 7 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Juan Leira     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Argentina, 2006, ISBN: 987 121 024 8 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Manuel Talens     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana / Pocket-Edhasa, Barcelona, Spain, 2009, ISBN: 84 3501 837 7 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Juan Leira     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Ediciones Ghandi, Mexico, 2019, ISBN: 84 350 9998 9 titled: Memorias de un amante sarnoso, translated by: Juan Leira     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Jean-Claude Lattès, Paris, France, 1982, ISBN: 2 7096 0092 7 titled: Memoires d'un amant lamentable, translated by: Michel Lebrun     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Vigule / Éditions du Seuil, Paris, France, 1984, ISBN: 2 02 006698 X titled: Memoires d'un amant lamentable, translated by: Michel Lebrun / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Rizzoli, Milano, Italy, 1993, ISBN: 88 171 3817 7 titled: Memorie di un irresistibile libertino, translated by: Argia Micchettoni     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) BUR - Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli, 1999, ISBN: 88 171 0628 3 titled: Memorie di un irresistibile libertino, translated by: Argia Micchettoni     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (japanese) 青土社, 1993, ISBN: 47 91 75284 8 titled: グルーチョ・マルクスの好色一     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (português) Marco Zero, Brasil, 1990, ISBN: 85 279 0117 5 titled: Memórias De Um Amante Desastrado, translated by: Jose Simao, Bira Borges     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: The Groucho Letters
edited by Arthur Sheekman
Letters to and from Groucho. From Arthur Sheekman's daughter Sylvia Thompson I have the information that "he not only selected the letters, but edited their writing, enhancing it where necessary, and even writing a letter or two"

- Manor Books, New York, NY, 1974, ISBN: 0 532 19163 3 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Amereon, 1976, 1993, ISBN: 0 8488 1092 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Fireside, Riverside, NJ, 1987, ISBN: 0 671 63963 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Time Warner Paperbacks, 1987, ISBN: 0 7515 0411 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Sphere Books, London, UK, 1989, ISBN: 0 7221 5863 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, 1994, ISBN: 0 306 80607 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Abacus Books, London, UK, 1995, ISBN: 0 349 10675 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 2007, ISBN: 1 416 53603 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon & Schuster, UK, 2007, ISBN: 1 847 39103 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Carl Hanser, München, Germany / Wien, Austria, 1981, ISBN: 3 446 13177 9 titled: Die Groucho Letters: Briefe von und an Groucho Marx, translated by: Alain Wilcock / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Fischer, Frankfurt a.M., Germany, 1984, ISBN: 3 596 23693 2 titled: Die Groucho Letters: Briefe von und an Groucho Marx / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 1983, ISBN: 84 339 1255 0 titled: Las cartas de Groucho Marx, translated by: Jos Oliver     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 1994, ISBN: 84 339 1255 0 titled: Las cartas de Groucho Marx, translated by: Jos Oliver     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 1998, ISBN: 84 339 6615 4 titled: Las cartas de Groucho Marx, translated by: Jos Oliver     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Anagrama/Pagina 12, Argentina, 2010, ISBN: 84 339 6615 4 titled: Las cartas de Groucho, Selección, translated by: Jos Oliver     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Editorial Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 2014, ISBN: 84 3392 104 5 titled: Las cartas de Groucho Marx, translated by: Jos Oliver     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Ivrea, Éditions Champ libre, Paris, France, 1971, 1979, ISBN: 2 85184 101 7 titled: Correspondance de Groucho Marx, translated by: Claude Portail, Harry Mathews     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Gallimard, France, 1990, ISBN: 2 07 038230 3 titled: Correspondance de Groucho Marx, translated by: Claude Portail     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Biblioteca Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 1992, ISBN: 88 459 0890 9 titled: Le lettere di Groucho Marx, translated by: D. Tortorella     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) gli Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 1997, ISBN: 88 459 1301 5 titled: Le lettere di Groucho Marx, translated by: Davide Tortorella     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) gli Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 1997, ISBN: 88 459 1301 5 titled: Le lettere di Groucho Marx, translated by: Davide Tortorella     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) gli Adelphi, Milano, Italy, 1997, ISBN: 88 459 1301 5 titled: Le lettere di Groucho Marx, translated by: Davide Tortorella     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: The Groucho Phile: An Illustrated Life
Groucho tells the story of his life in connection with all the performances he did. Contains many pictures, newspaper clippings and letters.

- Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1976, ISBN: 0 672 52239 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Wallaby / Pocket Books / Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1977, ISBN: 0 671 79002 1 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - W.H. Allen, London, UK, 1978, ISBN: 0 491 02134 8 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Galahad Books, New York, NY / London, UK, 1979, ISBN: 0 88365 433 4 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: The Secret Word is Groucho
with Hector Arce
Story of the Radio and TV show with examples and quotes from people involved

- G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1976, ISBN: 0 399 11690 7 / hardbound     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Berkeley Medallion Books, New York, NY, 1977, ISBN: 0 425 03387 2 / paperback (LoC 76-458)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Love, Groucho (Letters from Groucho Marx to his daughter Miriam)
edited by Miriam Marx Allen

- Uproar Entertainment / Audio CD     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, Boston, MA / London, UK, 1992, ISBN: 0 571 12915 3 / (hardback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, Boston, MA / London, UK, 1993, ISBN: 0 571 19809 0 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1997, ISBN: 0 571 19440 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Publishing Mills, 2001, ISBN: 1 8793 7138 3 / audiobook, abridged, read by Frank Ferrante     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Da Capo Press, 2002, ISBN: 0 306 81103 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Uproar Entertainment, 2006 / audiobook, read by Frank Ferrante     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Seuil, Paris, France, 1995, ISBN: 2 02 019890 8 titled: Lettres de Groucho à sa fille Miriam, translated by: Denis Baldwin-Beneich     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx
edited by Robert S. Bader
"A collection of Groucho's writing, mostly magazine articles, and a discussion of his writing, including speculations about his collaboration with Arthur Sheekman, who is alleged to have been a major contributor to much of it. Good, funny stuff; many of the articles serve as the source for other writing about the Brothers, particularly "Bad Times are Good Memories" and "Up From Pantages." (Robert Rose)

- Faber & Faber, Boston, MA / London, UK, 1993, ISBN: 0 571 19820 1 / hardcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, Boston, MA / London, UK, 1996, ISBN: 0 571 19898 8 / paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1997, ISBN: 0 571 19432 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2011, ISBN: 1 557 83791 0 / This "updated and expanded" edition has an extra 18 pieces/70 pages compared to the earlier edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Plot Ediciones, 2006, ISBN: 84 8670 258 5 titled: ¡Sálvese Quien Pueda! y Otras Historias Inauditas     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Seuil/Vigule, Paris, France, 1996, ISBN: 2 02 020908 X titled: Crise et Grouchotements, translated by: Michel Lebrun / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Arnoldo Mondadori, Milano, Italy, 1999, ISBN: 88 04 47329 0 titled: Grouchismi. Storie brevi 1925 -1973     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho: Groucho&Marx
Sammelband mit den Titeln "Groucho und ich" und "Memoiren eines spitzen Lumpen" in der Übersetzung von Sven Böttcher

- (deutsch) Atrium Verlag, Zürich & Hamburg, 2010, ISBN: 3 85535 506 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Groucho with Richard J. Anobile: The Marx Brothers Scrapbook
"Quite mean-spirited, and seldom funny, but the photos and memorabilia are invaluable." (Wayne Wong) / "Seems pretty mean spirited, and while it's got a wealth of information, much of it shows an elderly, angry Groucho." (Jeff Kyle) / "Transcripts of several interviews with Groucho, along with several others, including Gummo, Zeppo, Harpo's widow Susan, Jack Benny, and a number of others who knew and worked with the team; plus photos and other materials that cannot be found elsewhere, much of it from Groucho's personal collection. Groucho sued Anobile to stop publication when he realized that he intended to use the transcripts verbatim - dirty words, possibly libelous stories, and all. The book is therefore brutally frank and sometimes distasteful, and in some places poorly researched, but I consider it valuable if only for revealing some of the real names behind many oft-told, exaggerated or fictionalized Marx stories." (Robert Rose)

- Darien House / Distr. by W.W. Norton, New York, NY, 1973, ISBN: 0 393 08371 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Darien House / Distr. by Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 1973, ISBN: 0 517 51546 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1974, ISBN: 0 448 11907 2 / oversize paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - W.H. Allen, London, UK / New York, NY, 1974, ISBN: 0 491 01292 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Harper & Row, Perennial Library, New York, NY, 1989, ISBN: 0 06 097265 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Harpo: Harpo Speaks - About New York
excerpts from "Harpo speaks!", with an introduction by E.L. Doctorow

- Little Bookroom, New York, NY, 2001, ISBN: 1 892145 06 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Harpo with Rowland Barber: Harpo Speaks!
"Extremely amusing autobiography of the silent brother, with particular focus on his youth and the vaudeville/Broadway years, and Harpo's relationship with his close friend, Alexander Woollcott. Not the best source for facts about the films (or necessarily a reliable source of hard facts at all), it's still a completely wonderful book." (Robert Rose) / "... it tends to leave out the more bizarre side of Harpo's character, but what's there is marvelous stuff. If you thought Harpo was just a great clown, this book will disabuse you of that notion in no time at all." (John Benz Fentner)

- Amereon, 1976, ISBN: 0 8488 0181 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Robson Books / Harper Collins, London, UK, 1976, ISBN: 0 903895 62 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Coronet Books, Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK, 1978, ISBN: 0 340 22308 1 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Limelight Editions, 1985, ISBN: 0 87910 036 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Limelight Editions, 1985 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Press, London, UK, 1989, ISBN: 1 85227 190 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Press, London, UK, 1989, ISBN: 1 85227 190 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Virgin Press, London, UK, 1990, ISBN: 1 85227 190 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Albatross Publishers, 2019, ISBN: 1 94696 321 6 / Facsimile of the 1961 Edition.     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1989, ISBN: 3 80770 232 6 titled: Harpo spricht: Harpo Marx erzählt sein Leben, translated by: Werner Horch     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Luchterhand, Hamburg, Germany / Zürich, Switzerland, 1992, ISBN: 3 630 71064 6 titled: Harpo spricht: Harpo Marx erzählt sein Leben, translated by: Werner Horch     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) dtv, München, Germany, 1992, ISBN: 3 423 71064 0 titled: Harpo spricht: Harpo Marx erzählt sein Leben, translated by: Werner Horch     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Seix barral, 2010, ISBN: 84 3222 877 X titled: ¡Harpo habla!, translated by: Paloma Villegas     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Ramsay, France, 1985, ISBN: 2 85956 438 1 titled: Harpo et moi     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Erga, Italy, 2016, ISBN: 88 8163 912 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

Scripts of plays, movies & radio shows

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(Script): Monkey Business / Duck Soup
"... the versions presented here were built up from a dialogue continuity provided by Universal City Film Studios Inc., amplified with material gained from a shot-by-shot viewing of each film." (Editorial note)

- Lorrimer Publishing, Godalming, UK, 1972, ISBN: 0 900855 65 7 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Lorrimer Publishing, 1972, ISBN: 0 900855 66 5 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Classical Film Scripts, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 671 21273 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Lorrimer Publishing, Godalming, UK, 1974, 1981, ISBN: 0 900855 65 7 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Ungar Publ. Co., 1982, ISBN: 0 8044 6475 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Faber & Faber, 1989, ISBN: 0 571 12604 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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(Script): Monkey Business, Duck Soup, A Day at the Races
"[MB and DS] [...] were built up from a dialogue continuity [...] amplified with material gained from a shot-by-shot viewing of each film." "[ADATR] combines the script with the dialogue and the action in the film itself." (Publisher's note) This script of ADATR differs from the earlier Viking edition in the way that it only has the actual movie dialogue.

- Faber & Faber, London, UK, 1993, ISBN: 0 571 16647 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Barson, Michael (ed.): Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel: The Marx Brothers' Lost Radio Show
Many gags of the films were used in or taken from this Radio Shows performed by Groucho and Chico. "Along with the other scripts, its a fun to look over, and neat to see what stayed the same and what changed" (teej)

- Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 1988, ISBN: 0 679 72036 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Chatto & Windus, London, UK, 1989, ISBN: 0 7011 3423 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1989 (hardcover), ISBN: 3 8077 0241 5 titled: Die Marx Brothers Radio Show, translated by: Sven Böttcher, Harry Rowohlt     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1989, 1992, ISBN: 84 7223 108 9 titled: Groucho y Chico, abogados, translated by: Olivia de Miguel, Jacobo Guitián     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1999, ISBN: 84 8310 639 6 titled: Groucho & chico abogados : Flywheel, Shyster y Flywheel. El serial radiofónico perdido de los hermanos Marx, translated by: Olivia de Miguel     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Círculo de Lectores, 2002, ISBN: 84 226 9168 X titled: Groucho & Chico, abogados     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 2013, ISBN: 84 8383 732 3 titled: Groucho & Chico, abogados, translated by: Olivia de Miguel     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Argentina, 2013, ISBN: 987 6701 92 4 titled: Groucho & Chico, abogados, translated by: Olivia de Miguel     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Bompiani, Milano, Italy, 1989, ISBN: 88 452 1498 2 titled: Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel. Legali da legare     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Bompiani, 1992, ISBN: 88 452 1890 2 titled: Legali da legare     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Bompiani, 1996, ISBN: 88 452 2810 X titled: I fratelli Marx: Legali da legare     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Bompiani, Milano, Italy, 1998, ISBN: 88 452 3798 2 titled: I fratelli Marx. Legali da legare     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Bompiani, Milano, Italy, 2002, ISBN: 88 452 5308 2 titled: Flywheel, Shyster & Flywheel. Legali da legare     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (japanese) 角川書店, Japan, 1995, ISBN: 40 488 3425 8 titled: マルクス・ラジオ 単行本     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Dalí, Salvador: Obra Completa Vol. III
Complete works volume 3. "Poesía, prosa, teatro y cine"
This contains a version of the script for a movie Dali wrote for the Marx Brothers titled "The Surrealistic Woman" This (never realised) movie is also known as "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". The version in this book is the Spanish translation of an English text.

- (español) Ediciones Destino, Barcelona, 2004, ISBN: 84 233 3626 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Kaufman, George S. et al.: Kaufman & Co.: Broadway Comedies
The text of Animal Crackers included in this book combines two scripts of the stage version, one from Sam Harris' papers at the Princeton University Library and one from Groucho's papers at the Library of Congress. The version from Groucho's papers is the main basis for this edition. This had never been published before. The appendix lists differences between the two versions and explains various references to people or events of the 1920's.
Also includes works by: Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Ring Lardner, and Morrie Ryskind. Plays included are: The Royal Family, June Moon, Once in a Lifetime, Of Thee I Sing, Dinner at Eight, Stage Door, You Can't Take It with You, and The Man Who Came to Dinner (in which the character of Banjo is supposed to be based on Harpo.)

- Library of America, 2004, ISBN: 1 931082 67 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Kaufman, George Simon: A Night at the Opera
The original script and the dialogue and the action in the film

- The Viking Press, The MGM Library of Film Scripts, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 670 51129 3 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Viking Press, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 670 01948 8 / (paperbound)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Lorrimer Publishing, Godalming, UK, 1972, ISBN: 0 85647 027 9 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Lorrimer Publishing, Godalming, UK, 1972, ISBN: 0 85647 027 9 / (paperbound) label with UK ISBN in US edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Viking Press, Viking Compass, New York, NY, 1974 / (paperbound)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Kaufman, George Simon; Ryskind, Morrie: Animal Crackers
this is the version presented at the Arena Stage, Washington, DC on May 8, 1982

- Samuel French, New York, NY, 1984, ISBN: 0 573 68137 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Pirosh, Robert; Seaton, George; Oppenheimer, George: A Day at the Races
The original script and a transcript of the film

- The Viking Press, The MGM Library of Film Scripts, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 670 25887 3 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Viking Press, The MGM Library of Film Scripts, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 670 01947 X / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Viking Press, Viking Compass, New York, NY, 1974 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Rapp, Philip: The Television Scripts of Philip Rapp
"In late 1958, Rapp pitched an idea for a series called Deputy Seraph, starring the Marx Brothers, which would wind up being their penultimate appearance on film together. Only a few minutes of their scene was shot, however, along with the photos inside this book, and nothing else. The project was scrapped too quickly once Chico failed to pass the medical physical exam required for insuring its stars during the series. Those few minutes have since wound up on DVD, but this is the first public viewing of their entire divine adventure." (amazon)

- Bearmanor Media, Albany, GA, 2006, ISBN: 1 59393 070 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

Books and articles by members of the Marx family about the Marx Brothers or the Marx family

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Fleming Marx, Susan, with Robert S. Bader: Speaking of Harpo
From the publisher: "Her story is the counterpoint to the beloved and acclaimed Harpo Marx autobiography, 'Harpo Speaks!'. Susan's frank, opinionated perspective provides a true look behind the curtain and details Harpo's last years, following the publication of his own book."

- Applause Books, 15 Jul 2022, ISBN: 1 493 06530 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Arthur: Son of Groucho
More or less Arthur's autobiography, but has of course something about Groucho. / "I personally like this one better than Arthur's biography of his father ("Life With Groucho"); it is more entertainingly written and, I think, more frank in many ways. A good deal of it concerns Arthur's own adventures, on the amateur tennis circuit, in the Coast Guard, as a budding writer, and as a man who divorces his first wife to marry his sister-in-law; but Groucho never stays out of the narrative for long. (Question: Did Groucho ever read this book, and find out how Arthur flummoxed him with the "Life With Groucho" galleys?) " (Robert Rose)

- David McKay, New York, NY, 1972, Library of Congress: 72-86964     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Peter Owen, London, UK, 1973, ISBN: 0 7206 0143 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Arthur: My Life with Groucho
Expanded edition of "Life with Groucho" (1954). Chapters are added for the time after 1954. The text used for the first chapters is the rewritten version as in the British edition of 1954. The later chapters tell the story of Groucho's final years from Arthur's viewpoint.

- Pan Books, London, UK, 1988, ISBN: 0 330 31132 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Robson Books/ Parkwest Publications, London, UK, 1988, 1991, ISBN: 0 86051 494 3 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Barricade Books, Fort Lee, 1992, ISBN: 0 942637 45 3 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - G.K. Hall & Co, 1993, ISBN: 0 8161 5607 7 / (large print)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Paidós, Mexico, 1991, ISBN: 968 853 213 4 titled: Mi vida con Groucho: Un mito visto por su hijo, translated by: Maricel Ford     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Ediciones Paidós Ibérica, Barcelona, Spain, 2004, ISBN: 84 493 1498 4 titled: Mi vida con Groucho: Un mito visto por su hijo, translated by: Maricel Ford     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Paidós, Spain, 2010, ISBN: 84 493 2444 0 titled: Mi vida con Groucho: Un mito visto por su hijo, translated by: Maricel Ford     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Effepi Libri, 2007, ISBN: 88 600 2007 7 titled: La mia vita con Groucho, translated by: Lucia Mezzetti     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Arthur: The Secret Life of Bob Hope
This biography has a transcript of the ad-libbing Bob and Groucho did in a show, which finally let to Groucho hosting "You Bet Your Life"

- Barricade Books, 1993, ISBN: 0 94263 774 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Robson Books, London, UK, 1994, ISBN: 0 86051 897 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Arthur: Arthur Marx's Groucho: A Photographic Journey

- Phoenix Marketing Services, 2001, ISBN: 0 9707143 0 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Arthur; Fisher, Robert: Groucho: A Life in Revue
(available on CD, see Records section)

- Samuel French Inc., #9143, New York, NY, 1988, ISBN: 0 573 67050 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Bill: Son of Harpo Speaks
From Bearmanor Media: "For many years, friends and family have asked me, 'Bill, why don't you write a book about your life? You must have had quite a childhood growing up with your dad, Harpo, and those zany uncles of yours, the Marx Brothers. And what about those weird, maybe fatalistic happenings you've experienced that can only be described as 'too-Hollywood-to-believe?'" - Bill Marx

- Bearmanor Media, Albany, GA, 2007, ISBN: 1 59393 062 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Waterlogg Productions, 2011 / Audiobook, unabridged, read by Bill Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Nov 2011, ISBN: 1 557 83790 2 / this edition has some minor changes compared to the previous version     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Nov 2011 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marx, Maxine: Growing Up With Chico
"It was not a terribly pleasant read, because it shows fairly plainly all the problems that Chico had, with gambling, women, etc." (Jeff Kyle) / "Chico's daughter tells us she was upset by her father's portrayal in the "Scrapbook." I don't know if she'd be reassured or dismayed that I feel her analysis of Chico was not substantially different (if considerably more affectionate): she portrays her father as an irresponsible compulsive gambler and womanizer, who nonetheless had a tremendous charisma and magnetism that earned the undying affection and loyalty of many people, including herself, her mother, and Minnie Marx herself. She does make a good case for Chico's importance to the act, for being the only one of the brothers who could work effectively as a solo, and for having more musical talent than he is often given credit for. A lot of good stuff, much of it not to be found elsewhere." (Robert Rose)

- Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1980, ISBN: 0 13 367821 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Limelight Editions, New York, NY, 1986, ISBN: 0 87910 059 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

Books about the Marx Brothers, their films etc.

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Bader, Robert S.: Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother
From the publisher: "Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother gives a lively account of this checkered life and career. As Robert Bader recounts, Zeppo's lifelong addiction to gambling led him into relationships with several notorious organized crime figures. He would ultimately appear before grand juries more frequently than the camera. Socially, he mixed as easily with mobsters like Mickey Cohen as he did with movie stars like Clark Gable. He was certainly the only Marx Brother who saw the corpse of a friend in a newspaper crime scene photo. Comprehensively researched with the full cooperation of Zeppo's estate—including the first-ever interviews with his two sons — this is a remarkable look at the many lives of Zeppo Marx — even the ones he did his best to keep secret."

- NEW Applause, Oct 2024, ISBN: 1 493 08796 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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(Various): El universo de Los Hermanos Marx
A kind of Spanish "Marx Brothers Encyclopedia".
Description translated from Spanish: "A select group of critics and film scholars give their view of the Marx Brothers' career."
Authors include: Ramón Alfonso, David Felipe Arranz, Victor Arribas, Guillermo Balmori, Joan Bassa, Quim Casas, Luis Alberto de Cuenca, Ramón Freixas, Juan Carlos Laviana, Fernando R. Lafuente, Carlos Marañón, Miguel Marias, Alejandro Melero Salvador, Diego Moldes, Moisés Rodríguez, Oti Rodríguez Marchante, Adrián Sánchez, Gerardo Sánchez, Eduardo Torres-Dulce, Joaquín Vallet, Juan Carlos Vizcaíno

- (español) Notorious Ediciones S.L., Madrid, ES, 2016, ISBN: 84 15606 40 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Adamson, Joe: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A Celebration of The Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World
"... 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)

- Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1973, ISBN: 0 671 21458 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - W.H. Allen, London, UK, 1973, ISBN: 0 491 01160 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Touchstone, New York, NY, 1974, ISBN: 0 671 21910 3 / full-sized paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Coronet Books, Hodder & Stoughton, London, UK, 1974, ISBN: 0 340 18807 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Pocket Books, New York, NY, 1976, ISBN: 0 671 80365 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Touchstone, New York, NY, 1983, ISBN: 0 671 47072 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster / Fireside, New York, NY, 1987, ISBN: 0 671 47072 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Alion, Yves: Les Marx Brothers

- (français) Edilig, Paris, France, 1985, ISBN: 2 85601 091 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Anobile, Richard J.: Why a Duck?
"An attempt to present the team's film humor in book form, by combining transcripts of dialogue from classic Marx routines with frame blow-ups from the films themselves. A good idea at the time, but now rather obsolete, since videotapes of the films are widely available. Still worth picking up if you happen upon an inexpensive used copy, if only for Groucho's introduction (and for that matter, a well-written preface by Richard F. Shepard). " (Robert Rose)

- Darien House / Distr. by New York Graphic Society, New York, NY, 1971, ISBN: 0 8212 0373 8 / hardcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Studio Vista, London, UK, 1972, ISBN: 0 289 70279 8 / hardcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Avon Books / New York Graphic Society, New York, NY, 1972, ISBN: 0 380 00452 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Studio Vista / Cassell Illustrated, London, UK, 1972, ISBN: 0 289 70285 2 / (paperback), several reprints     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Plot Editiones, Madrid, Spain, 1991, ISBN: 84 86702 15 1 titled: Antología Marxista, translated by: Carlos Rodríguez Trueba     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Plot Editiones, Madrid, Spain, 2004, ISBN: 84 86702 15 1 titled: Antología Marxista, translated by: Carlos Rodríguez Trueba     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Anobile, Richard J.: Hooray for Captain Spaulding! Verbal and Visual Gems from "Animal Crackers"
Blow-ups from the film with the dialogue next to the picture or in comic-strip bubbles

- Darien House / Crown Publishers, New York, NY, 1974, ISBN: 0 517 51683 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Flare Books/Avon, New York, NY, 1975, ISBN: 0 380 00458 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Michael Joseph / Darien House, London, UK, 1975, ISBN: 0 7181 1343 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Arce, Hector: Groucho
"A fairly accurate, unbiased, but not-too-bleak bio. Quite long, and well cited." (Wayne Wong) / "Probably the best thing about it is that it's not the usual puff piece that authorized biographies usually degenerate into. Arce says Groucho told him to "tell it all" and he's certainly done that. He's got some pretty harsh things to say about just about everybody including Groucho and even Minnie but it's clear that he never lost his affection and respect for his subject. If the book has a failing it's Arce's unfortunate tendency to wallow in pop psychology to explain motivations, particularly Groucho's sex life and attitude toward women in general." (John Benz Fentner)

- G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, NY, 1979, ISBN: 0 399 12046 7 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - G.P. Putnam's Sons / Perigee, New York, NY, 1980, ISBN: 0 399 50455 9 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Bader, Robert S.: Four of the Three Musketeers - The Marx Brothers on Stage
From the publisher: "Before film made them international comedy legends, the Marx Brothers developed their comic skills on stage for twenty-five years. In Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage, Robert S. Bader offers the first comprehensive history of the foursome's hardscrabble early years honing their act in front of live audiences.
From Groucho's debut in 1905 to their final live performances of scenes from A Night in Casablanca in 1945, the brothers' stage career shows how their characters and routines evolved before their arrival in Hollywood. Four of the Three Musketeers draws on an unmatched array of sources, many not referenced elsewhere. Bader's detailed portrait of the struggling young actors both brings to vivid life a typical night on the road for the Marx Brothers and also illuminates the inner workings of the vaudeville business, especially during its peak in the 1920s.
As Bader traces the origins of the characters that would later come to be beloved by filmgoers, he also skillfully scrapes away the accretion of rumors and mythology perpetuated not only by fans and writers but by the Marx Brothers themselves. Revealing, vital, and entertaining, Four of the Three Musketeers will take its place as an essential reference for this iconic American act."

- Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL, 2016, ISBN: 0 8101 3416 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Northwestern University Press, Evanston, IL, Sep 2022, ISBN: 0 8101 4575 8 / "[This] updated edition adds newly discovered performances [...] and additional information provided by descendants of long-departed vaudevillians mentioned in the book."     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Bardés, César; Iglesias, Jaime; López, Jesús Antonio; Morán, Ernesto Pérez: Sopa de ganso. El libro del 90 aniversario
Published on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of "Duck Soup". Publisher's description: "The book analyzes the different aspects of the film: the actors and their characters, the director, the filming, the comic gags, the dialogues... All accompanied by a great photographic display"

- (español) NEW Notorious Ediciones, 2024, ISBN: 84 18181 75 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Bego, Mark: The Marx Brothers

- Pocket Essentials, UK, 2001, ISBN: 1 903047 59 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Pocket Essentials, 2009 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Benayoun, Robert: Les Freres Marx
Half of the book is a Marx Brothers biography. The other half contains translations of scenes from several movies.

- (français) Éditions du Seuil, France, 1991, ISBN: 2 02 012931 0 titled: Les Marx Brothers ont la parole / there are some minor changes compared to the 1979 edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Éditions du Seuil, France, 1991 titled: Les Marx Brothers ont la parole / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Bergan, Ronald: The Life and Times of the Marx Brothers

- Smithmark Publishers / Brompton Books Corp., New York, NY, 1992, ISBN: 0 8317 5806 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - The Green Wood Publishing Company, London, UK, 1992, ISBN: 1 872532 08 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Blount Jr., Roy: Hail, Hail, Euphoria!
"Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made"
This book provides a lot of background information about the movie, the people involved and the time when it was made. My main criticism would be that this background information sometimes goes too far — I don't want any speculations why there are more movies with mice than with ducks. As the book goes along Blount stays more on topic and overall it is a good read. He has done his homework, although the book contains a few factual errors. It would have been nice to have bibliography and index.

- It Books, 2010, ISBN: 0 06 180816 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Harper Collins, Inc., 2010 / Kindle Download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - It Books, 2011, ISBN: 0 06 180817 2 / paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Born, Simon: Die Marx Brothers und die Commedia dell'arte

- (deutsch) Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, Germany, 2019, ISBN: 3 8487 5012 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Brown, David: The World According to Groucho Marx
A Groucho/Marx Brothers biography interspersed with quotes. The appendix is a collection of quotes, but not all of them sound like Groucho's. No sources are given for any of the quotes.

- Michael O'Mara, 2002, ISBN: 1 85479 130 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Robinbook, Argentina, 2002, ISBN: 987 218 672 3 titled: El mundo según Groucho Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Robinbook - Coña Fina, Spain, 2017, ISBN: 84 79 27714 9 titled: El mundo según Groucho Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Chandler, Charlotte: Hello, I Must be Going: Groucho and his Friends
"... the book would have been a better (and more truthful) story if Chandler had waited a few years to tell it (once she fell out of Erin's graces)" (teej)

- Doubleday & Co., Garden City, NY, 1978, ISBN: 0 385 12444 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, UK / New York, NY, 1979, ISBN: 0 14 005222 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Sphere Books, London, UK, 1980, ISBN: 0 7221 2246 2 / reprints 1980, 1982, 1986, 1988     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Press, Seacaucus, NJ, 1992, ISBN: 0 8065 1346 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Abacus Books, 1994, 1995, ISBN: 0 349 10636 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon & Schuster, 2007, ISBN: 1 416 54422 4 / revised edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon & Schuster, UK, 2007, ISBN: 1 847 39104 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc, 2011 / Kindle download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1984, ISBN: 3 8077 0200 8 titled: Groucho und seine Freunde, translated by: Benjamin Schwarz, Oliver Stephan / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Heyne, München, Germany, 1988, ISBN: 3 453 00815 4 titled: Groucho der Chef der Marx Brothers / paperback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Rogner & Bernhard, München, Germany, 1989, ISBN: 3 8077 0200 8 titled: Groucho und seine Freunde, translated by: Benjamin Schwarz, Oliver Stephan / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (deutsch) Heyne, München, Germany, 1995, ISBN: 3 453 09403 4 titled: Groucho der Chef der Marx Brothers     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1983, ISBN: 84 7223 207 7 titled: ¡Hola y adios! Groucho y sus amigos, translated by: Cohen, Marcelo     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Tusquets Editores, Barcelona, Spain, 1997, ISBN: 84 8310 529 2 titled: ¡Hola y adios! Groucho y sus amigos, translated by: Cohen, Marcelo     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Charney, Maurice: The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies: Anything Further Father?
The publisher advertises this book as "filling an academic void", but others have been there before. The most part of the book is taken up by giving synopsis of the movies. The author is looking at 15(!) Marx Brothers movies by including "Copacabana" and "Double Dynamite". He claims to have not been able to get a copy of "A Girl in Every Port", which is easily available outside the US. There are a few factual errors and typos and a lot of facts are repeated and some seem irrelevant. In general the author doesn't seems to be really interested in the Marx Brothers and the book doesn't add anything to an academic look at their work.

- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison, NJ, Sep 2007, ISBN: 0 8386 4124 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Collier, Kevin Scott: The Marx Brothers Love Happy Confidential
A compilation of news articles, reviews and pictures

- Print on demand, 2017, ISBN: 1 979876 68 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Coniam, Matthew: The Annotated Marx Brothers - A Filmgoer's Guide to In-Jokes, Obscure References and Sly Details
There are lots of scenes in the movies which we nowadays cannot fully understand because they refer to people or events who were well known at the time of filming. Matthew has put together a great collection of material which helps us to understand what is really going on.

- McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2015, ISBN: 0 7864 9705 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2015 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Coniam, Matthew: That's Me, Groucho!
The Solo Career of Groucho Marx

- McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2016, ISBN: 1 476 66373 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2016 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Deschamps, Hélène; Muizon, Mathieu de : Les Marx Brothers : Les indomptables du cinéma
A biography written for children

- (français) Editions À dos d'âne, Paris, France, 2015, ISBN: 2 919372 38 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Diamond, Noah: Gimme a Thrill
The Story of "I'll Say She Is", the lost Marx Brothers musical, and how it was found

- BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2016, ISBN: 1 59393 933 7 / softcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2016, ISBN: 1 59393 934 5 / hardcover     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2016 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Dwan, Robert: As long as they're laughing: Groucho Marx and You Bet Your Life
Publisher's Note: Robert Dwan (Director of You Bet Your Life), reminisces about You Bet Your Life and remarkable host Groucho Marx.

- Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2000, ISBN: 1 887664 36 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Midnight Marquee Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 2000, ISBN: 1 887664 66 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Eyles, Allen: The Marx Brothers: Their World of Comedy
This was first published in a small paperback in 1966 and only three years later as a hardcover. / "A careful analysis of each of the Marx films; very comprehensive; almost too much so, in fact nowhere near as fun a read as Adamson, and focused almost entirely on what we see on screen rather than how it came to be. On the other hand, it does a very good job of considering the Marx film canon as a whole, drawing comparisons and showing parallels between the various films, rather than taking Adamson's approach of breaking things down into scenes. A good contrast, and worth having." (Robert Rose)

- A.S. Barnes and Co., South Brunswick, NJ, 1969a, 1974, ISBN: 0 498 01447 9 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Warner Paperback Library, 1974a, 1975, ISBN: 0 446 78865 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Oak Tree Publications / Tantivy Press, 1974, ISBN: 0 498 07420 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Grand Central Publishing, 1975, ISBN: 0 446 66587 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Eyles, Allen: The Complete Films of The Marx Bros.

- Carol Publishing Group / Citadel Press, New York, NY, 1992, ISBN: 0 8065 1301 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Fix , Charlene: Harpo Marx as Trickster
From the publisher's website: "The author invites readers to spend time in the pleasure of Harpo's cinematic company while comparing him to tricksters from folklore, myth and legend. The book demonstrates how Harpo, the sweetest, wildest, most magical Marx brother, accomplishes the archetypal trickster's work. Thirteen chapters examine Harpo's trickster persona closely in each of the Marx Brothers' films"

- McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2013, ISBN: 0 786 47147 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2013 / Kindle Edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Frank, Josh; Heidecker, Tim; Pertega, Manuela (Illustrator) : Giraffes on Horseback Salad: Salvador Dali, the Marx Brothers, and the Greatest Movie Never Made
From Amazon: "It sounds like fan fiction, but it's true: modern art icon Salvador Dali struck up a friendship with chaotic pantomimer Harpo Marx, which led to a proposed film, Giraffes on Horseback Salad. Rejected by MGM studios, the script was thought lost forever[sic]. But author Josh Frank found it, and with comedian and writer Tim Heidecker (Tim and Eric; Tim & Eric's Zone Theory) and Spanish artist and comics creator Manuela Pertega, he's recreated the film that Dali and the Marx Brothers would have made...as a graphic novel that presents the story in all its full-color, fully cinematic, fully surreal glory."

- Quirk Books , Mar 2019, ISBN: 1 5947 4923 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Quirk Books , Mar 2019 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (français) Nouveau Monde Éditions, Paris, FR, 2021, ISBN: 2 369 43842 8 titled: La Femme Surréaliste     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Gardner, Martin Allen: The Marx Brothers: An Investigation of Their Films as Satirical Social Criticism

- McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2009, ISBN: 0 7864 3942 4 / titled "The Marx Brothers as Social Critics", this is an extended edition of the original Ph.D. thesis     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2009 / Kindle Download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Gehring, Wes D.: The Marx Brothers (A bio-bibliography)

- Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1987, ISBN: 0 313 24547 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Greenwood Press, 1987 / Kindle Download     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Gehring, Wes D.: Groucho Marx and W.C.Fields: Huckster Comedians
Gehring compares these two comedians by their lifes, the characters they played and their films

- University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1994, ISBN: 0 87805 725 0 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - University Press of Mississippi, Jackson, 1994, ISBN: 0 87805 724 2 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Hahn, Matthew: The Animated Marx Brothers
From the publisher's website: "To many people, The Marx Brothers always seemed cartoonish. Small wonder that film animators [...] caricatured them in countless animated appearances in theatrical cartoons. Their animated likenesses have since been wisecracking in television cartoons, direct-to-video movies, fan films, commercials, flip books, avatars, emoji, a slot machine, and two TV pilots so rare they were once thought not to exist.
[...] Matthew Hahn's search for every animated appearance of a Marx brother has trailed longer than Groucho's coattails. His discoveries include the backstories of the studios, moviemakers, and stars, rare test drawings from the Smithsonian Institution National Portrait Gallery, abandoned projects, connections, coincidences, and apocrypha."

- BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2017 / (Kindle edition)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2017, ISBN: 1 62933 225 9 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Hoberman, J.: Duck Soup (BFI Film Classics)
From the publisher: "Hoberman's analysis provides a historical and political context as well as an in-depth production history, drawing on primary sources and emphasizing director McCarey's prior work along with the Marx Brothers as well as the situation at Paramount, a substantial synopsis, and an account of the movie's initial reception, concluding with its subsequent elevation to comic masterpiece."
"Hoberman provides a lot of background information. This book may not be for the uninitiated, but for any Marx Brothers fan this is a good read." (ST)

- British Film Institute (Bloomsbury), London, UK, 2021, ISBN: 1 8390 2225 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Hobsch, Manfred: Film ab: Die Marx Brothers

- (deutsch) Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin, Germany, 2001, ISBN: 3 89602 359 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Hoppe, Ulrich: Die Marx Brothers
A (quite incomplete) biography, but has a well researched part about the Brothers German roots. Tries to write in a funny language, but it doesn't always work out well.

- (deutsch) Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München, Germany, 1985, ISBN: 3 453 86077 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Kanfer, Stefan: Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx

- Vintage Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 375 70207 5 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Knopf, 2000, ISBN: 0 375 40218 7 / (hardback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Allen Lane, The Penguin Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 7139 9469 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Penguin Books, 2001, ISBN: 0 14 029426 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (catalan) Columna Edicions, Llibres i Comunicació, Barcelona, Spain, 2001, ISBN: 84 664 0047 8 titled: Groucho: la vida i l'època de Julius H. Marx, translated by: Marcel Farran     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) RBA Libros, Barcelona, Spain, 2001, ISBN: 84 7901 726 0 titled: Groucho, una biografía, translated by: María de Calonje     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) RBA Libros, S.A., 2001, ISBN: 84 7871 038 8 titled: Groucho, una biografía     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) RBA Libros, S.A., 2006, ISBN: 84 7871 527 4 titled: Groucho, una biografía     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Keesey, Douglas: Marx Brothers
Movie Icons Series.
Apart from a short introductory note and a basic chronology and filmography, the main part of this book is a "Filmography in Pictures" with notes on the pictures and quotes from the movies or by people working on them. There are loads of film stills and promotional pictures, a few of which I cannot remember seeing anywhere else before.

- Taschen, Germany, 2007, ISBN: 3 8228 2219 1 / flexicover (flexible hardcover) (publisher's website) Texts in English, German and French     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Taschen, 2007, ISBN: 3 8228 2018 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Knecht Chantal: Les Marx Brothers par eux-mêmes
Jean-Loup Chiflet (Préface)
It's a little bit like an encyclopedia. Topics are looked at in alphabetical order, but contain mainly excerpts (in French) from "Harpo Speaks", "The Groucho Letters", "Les Marx Brothers ont la parole" and "Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales",
Excerpt from the tables of contents:

• Acteur
• Âge
• Agent
• Allen, Fred
• Allen, Woody
• Amitiés
• Amour
• Angleterre
• ...

- (français) Robert Laffont, Paris, France, 2020, ISBN: 2 221 24639 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Koestenbaum, Wayne: The Anatomy of Harpo Marx
Described on the publisher's website as "a luxuriant, detailed play-by-play account of Harpo Marx's physical movements as captured on screen". The author gives the best description of his book himself: "I will not seek [Bill Marx] out, lest he say: 'keep your fantasies away from my father's image'." This really sums it up. The book looks at Harpo's gestures and expressions and over-analyses them. Koestenbaum shows off his knowledge of 20th century philosophy, but I don't think you can learn anything about Harpo. This review comes to a similar conclusion. WGW writes: "Koestenbaum is hermetically sealed in his own mind - as if he couldn't care less whether his readers have any clue what he's talking about. Worst of all is that Kostenbaum clearly has a brilliant mind, and a gift for language. This book, however, really should not exist anywhere but on his own computer's hard drive. I wish he had left the rest of the world out of it."

- University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2012, ISBN: 0 520 26900 4 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2012, ISBN: 0 520 26901 2 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Liethen, Anne-Marie: Die Marx Brothers im Krieg. Eine Analyse von "Duck Soup"
Analysis of "Duck Soup". University assignment

- (deutsch) self-published, 2022, ISBN: 3 346 75376 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Louvish, Simon: Monkey Business - The Lives and Legends of the Marx Brothers

- Faber and Faber, London, UK, 1999, ISBN: 0 571 19350 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - St Martins Press, 2000, ISBN: 0 312 25292 7 / hardback     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - St. Martins / Griffin Trade Paperback, 2001, ISBN: 0 312 28382 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Interlink Pub Group, 2018, ISBN: 1 56656 033 0 / part of the "Louvish Hollywood Biographies" series     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) T & B Editores, Madrid, Spain, 2000, ISBN: 84 95602 03 2 titled: Monkey Business. La Vida y Leyenda de los Hermanos Marx, translated by: Mónica Rubio Fernández     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) T & B Editores, Madrid, Spain, 2010, ISBN: 8 492626 77 1 titled: Monkey Business. La Vida y Leyenda de los Hermanos Marx, translated by: Mónica Rubio Fernández     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Louvish, Simon: Coffee with Groucho
Foreword by Frank Ferrante

- Duncan Baird, 2007, ISBN: 1 84483 515 4 / US edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Duncan Baird, 2007, ISBN: 1 84483 469 7 / UK edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Marsh, Carole: Marx Brothers: The Colorful Comedy Team
1000 Readers series, for school children aged 7-12

- Gallopade International, Peachtree City, GA, 2005, ISBN: 0 635 02650 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Martello, Luca: Groucho e i suoi fratelli
La vita e l'arte dei Marx Bros.

- (italiano) Alberto Castelvecchi Editore Srl , 2010, ISBN: 88 7615 367 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Alberto Castelvecchi Editore Srl , 2017 / (Kindle e-book)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Martini, Andrea: I Marx

- (italiano) Il castoro cinema, 1995, ISBN: 88 8033 048 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Metzner, Holger: Say, am I stewed or did a grapefruit just flew by?
(Untertitel/secondary title) Die Komik der Marx Brothers zwischen Unterhaltung und Avantgarde
Abstract: "Eine hermeneutische Analyse einer der erfolgreichsten und gleichzeitig avantgardistischsten Comedy-Gruppen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Marx-Brothers haben nicht nur ein Millionenpublikum unter einfachen amerikanischen Arbeitern gefunden, sondern auch Impulse für die bildende und darstellende Kunst Europas gegeben. Die Ursache dieses Erfolges liegt wesentlich in ihrer Verwurzelung in den großen Krisen und Umbrüchen ihrer Zeit.
Die vorliegende Arbeit verfolgt den Zusammenhang zwischen komischem Ausdruck und lebensweltlicher Realität. Groucho, Harpo und Chico - als festgelegte komische Figuren entstammen sie einer uralten Komödientradition. Dabei präsentieren alle drei eine jeweils verschiedene Lachkultur. Im Vergleich dieser historischen Vorbilder mit der Realisierung durch die Marx-Brothers in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts werden die Abgründe, Absurditäten und Neurosen einer kapitalistischen Gesellschaft deutlich, die unserer eigenen Zeit in ihrer Schnellebigkeit, Dynamik und Aggressivität sehr nahe ist."

- (deutsch) Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Leipzig, Germany, 2000, ISBN: 3 838659 66 X / MA Thesis / Diplomarbeit     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Mills, Joseph (ed.): A Century of the Marx Brothers
"Most scholarly work on the Marx Brothers has focused on biographical aspects of their careers and lives; "A Century of the Marx Brothers" suggests a myriad of other useful approaches to their film and stage productions. The collection's eleven essays examine the Marx Brothers' work from a number of critical perspectives ranging from reader-response theory to film semiotics. The contributors include international scholars in a variety of fields, such as literature, cultural studies, performance studies, and film history." (Publisher's information)
Articles include:
- Joseph Mills: "The Faces of Twentieth Century Comedy"
- Matthew Daube: "The Case of Rabbi Cantor vs. Roscoe W. Chandler: The Marx Brothers' Ethnic Construction of Character"
- Renata Jackson: "Who's Your Dada? The Marx Brothers at Paramount"
- Dean Wilcox: "Surrealistic Heroes: The Marx Brothers and the European Avant-Garde"
- Thomas Grochowski: "Horse Feathers, Monkey Business, and Lion Taming: The Marxes in Transition"
- Eric Sterling: "The Marx Brothers and the Satire of the Upper Class"
- Matthew Turner: "Signs, Slapstick, and Silence: The Transformation of Semiotic Meaning in the Comedy of Harpo Marx"
- Christopher Kelen: "Nation, Anthem, Irony in the Figure of Rufus Firefly"
- Lance Duerfahrd: "The Extras to the Extraordinary: The Other Characters in the Marx Brothers Film"
- Marc DiPaolo: "'Italians' Know Nothing of Love: The Marx Brothers as Guardian Angels for Young Couples in Jeopardy"
- Joseph Alvarez: "Woody Allen: A Red-Headed Marx Brothers Stepchild?"
- Zoe Brigley: "The Big Grey Ir-Elephant: The Play of Language in the Marx Brothers' Scripts and in Charles Bernstein's L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poetry"

- Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2007, ISBN: 1 84718 240 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Mitchell, Glenn: The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
All kind of facts about the Marx Brothers in encyclopedic form. Keywords include people and films but also (for example) "Lawyers", "Waxworks" or "Boats" / "It's a dip and browse kinda book Very well researched with a wealth of material on the lesser known characters in the Marx Saga." (John Benz Fentner)

- Batsford, London, UK, 1996, ISBN: 0 7134 7838 1 / (paperback)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Reynolds and Hearn, Richmond, Surrey, UK, 2003, ISBN: 1 903111 49 8 / (paperback) revised and expanded edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Reynolds and Hearn, Richmond, Surrey, UK, 2006, ISBN: 1 90528 711 9 / (hardcover), added to the title: "The Definitive A-Z", foreword by Leonard Maltin     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Reynolds and Hearn, Richmond, Surrey, UK, 2008, ISBN: 1 90528 781 X / (paperback) (yet another "revised" edition of this book)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Titan Books, 2012, ISBN: 0 8576 8778 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Nolden, Rainer: Die Marx Brothers

- (deutsch) Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Reinbek, Germany, 2002, ISBN: 3 499 50454 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Pérez Agustí, Adolfo: El humor de ... Los Hermanos Marx
can also be found as a chapter in the book "Cómicos del cine" by the same author

- (español) Ediciones Masters, Madrid, Spain, 2013 / Kindle Edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) Ediciones Masters, Madrid, Spain, 2018, ISBN: 1 7926 7518 6     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Perelman, S.J.: Los hermanos Marx

- (español) Fundamentos, Spain, 1980, ISBN: 84 245 0182 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Pérez Agustí, Adolfo: Los Hermanos Marx

- (español) Edimat Libros, Ediciones y Distribuciones Mateos, 1998, ISBN: 84 95002 69 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Presley-Rippingale, Sally; Ballow, John E.: The Secret Word is Groucho
Story of Ballow being the cook in Groucho house in his last years. Concentrates mostly on Erin Fleming's behaviour towards Groucho. This is a 'paid for' publication (i.e. the author paid the publisher for printing this book).

- Dorrance Publishing, Pittsburgh, 1992, ISBN: 0 8059 3272 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Sanmartín, José; Peris, José Alfredo: El personalismo fílmico de Leo McCarey en The kid from Spain (1932) con Eddie Cantor y en Duck Soup (1932) con los hermanos Marx y otros estudios transversales

- (español) Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Spain, 2020, ISBN: 84 165 6230 X / online     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Schulte, Michael: Warum haben Sie nicht das Pferd geheiratet? (Groucho Marx-Sein Leben)

- (deutsch) R. Piper, München, Germany, 1990, ISBN: 3 492 11279 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Siegel, Lee: Groucho Marx - The Comedy of Existence
From the publisher's website: "The first critical biography of Groucho Marx to approach his work analytically, this fascinating study draws unique connections between Groucho's comedy and his life, concentrating primarily on the brothers' classic films as a means of understanding and appreciating Julius the man."

- Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2016, ISBN: 1 515 95248 7 / Audio book. Narrator: Joe Barrett     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2016 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2016, ISBN: 0 300 17445 4     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Yale University Press, 2019, ISBN: 0 300 24454 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Sinclair, Iain: Groucho positive / Groucho negative
This 8-page A4 booklet has a 4-page article about the Marx Brothers and especially Groucho. It also looks at their influence on authors of the Beat generation like Kerouac and Ginsberg. The other four pages a stills from various movies.

- Village Press, London, UK, 1973, ISBN: 0 9503032 4 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Smith, Andrew T.: Marx & Re-Marx - Creating and Recreating the Lost Marx Brothers Radio Series
From the publishers website:
"For the first time in detail Marx and Re-Marx takes a look at the history of this enduring series, its genesis, its death and its resurrection.
Featuring:
- Previously unpublished letters from the desk of Flywheel creator Nat Perrin.
- Full Episode Guides for both incarnations of the Flywheel and a guide to related productions.
- Contributions from the cast and crew of the BBC remake of Flywheel; Mark Brisenden (Weekending, Spitting Image), David Firman (Dinner Ladies, Norbert Smith: A Life), Graham Hoadly (The Adventures of Sexton Blake, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Stageshow), Dirk Maggs (Superman: Doomsday and Beyond, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency), and Frank Lazarus (Pennies From Heaven, Our Friends in the North).
- Transcripts of the remaining recordings of the original series.

- BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2010, ISBN: 1 59393 609 5     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Stables, Kate: Marx Brothers

- Chartwell Books, Secaucus, NJ, 1992, ISBN: 1 55521 793 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Magna Books / Bison Books, London, UK, 1992, ISBN: 0 8612 4777 9     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - Bison Books, London, UK, 1992, ISBN: 1 85422 377 1     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Stoliar, Steve: Raised Eyebrows - My Years Inside Groucho's House
Stoliar was a secretary an archivist to Groucho in later years. / "There was enough vintage Groucho in the book to bring a smile on my face, balancing the occasional tear from my eye." (J.Jacobs) / "... a good inside look at the Erin Fleming years." (Robert Rose)

- General Publishing Group, Los Angeles, CA, 1996, ISBN: 1 881649 73 3     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2011, ISBN: 1 59393 652 4 / this edition has been expanded with an 12-page "Afterword" which has reactions to the original publication of this book and some information about Melinda Marx and Erin Fleming     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - BearManor Media, Albany, GA, 2011 / Kindle edition     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Tchernoff, Alexis: Les Marx Brothers
Preface by Pierre Richard. Half of the book is a Marx Brothers biography. The other half has a filmography with many photos, cast listings and plot description

- (français) Éditions Pygmalion / Gérard Watelet, Paris, France, 1990, ISBN: 2 85704 318 X     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Tiersma, Peter Meijes: Language-based Humor in the Marx Brothers Films
"[This study] will analyze [...] those instances of humor which are linguistic in nature, in other words, those which are amusing because of the way in which language is manipulated." (taken from the Introduction)

- Indiana University Linguistics Club, Bloomington, IN, 1985     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Tyson, Peter: Groucho Marx
Pop Culture Legends Collection

- Chelsea House Publishers, New York, NY, 1995, ISBN: 0 7910 2341 9 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Vega, Sergi: Lo que el doblaje se llevó: Los Hermanos Marx (Vol. I)
This book is an annotated guide to to the bits which got lost in translation when dubbing "Duck Soup" and "At the Circus" into Spanish.

- (español) self-published, 2021     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Weir, Robert E.: The Marx Brothers and America
"Where Film, Comedy and History Collide" (previously: "The Films in Historical Context")

- McFarland & Co, Jefferson, NC, 2022, ISBN: 1 476 68895 8     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Wolf, William: The Marx Brothers

- Pyramid Communications, New York, NY, 1975, ISBN: 0 515 03754 0     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (español) iesa, Spain, 1980, ISBN: 84 7311 049 8 titled: Los Hermanos Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (italiano) Milano Libri Editizioni, Milano, Italy, 1978 titled: I Fratelli Marx     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Yahn, Michael A.: The Music of the Marx Brothers
A Bio-Discography of the Works of Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx
" In the 1930s and 40s the Marx Brothers kept the world laughing in good times and bad with such screen classics as Animal Crackers, Duck Soup and A Night at the Opera. Comedy was always the driving force behind the Marx Brothers team on-screen. Off-screen they were three unique individuals who shared a love of music. Music from Marx Brothers' plays and movies has been recorded by a variety of artists since the early 1920s, but it may surprise some to learn that the Marx Brothers, themselves, also left behind an impressive body of work on record." (Publisher's info)

- Publish America, Frederick, MD, 2007, ISBN: 1 4241 6971 2     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Zachary Kwitner Books: The Marx Brothers Poster Book
Book of 37.5x27.5cm Posters

- Zachary Kwitner Books, London, UK, 1991, ISBN: 1 872532 35 7     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):

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Zimmerman, Paul D.; Goldblatt, Burt: The Marx Brothers at the Movies

- G.P. Putman's Sons, New York, NY, 1968, Library of Congress: 68-25434 / (hardcover)     Available from amazon (commissions earned*): - (japanese) Shobun-Sha (晶文社), Japan, 1972, ISBN: 4 7949 5822 6 titled: マルクス兄弟(ブラザーズ)のおかしな世界, translated by: 中原, 弓彦; 永井, 淳     Available from amazon (commissions earned*):