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• Book release: "Giraffes on Horseback Salad"
  There will be several events in the coming months for the release of the book "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". For the full schedule click here.
  
  
• Double Feature in Hollywood, CA
  The Egyptian Cinema will show "A Night at the Opera" and "A Day at the Races" as part of an event for the release of "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". Special guest Rob Bader. April 25 at 7:30pm, book signing at 6:30pm
  
  
• "Animal Crackers" in London, UK
  The Cinema at the Barbican Centre will show "Animal Crackers" as part of an event for the release of "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". May 9 at 6:20pm
  
  
• "Horse Feathers" in London, UK
  The Jewish Community Centre will show "Horse Feathers" as part of an event for the release of "Giraffes on Horseback Salad". May 12 at 6pm
  
  
• Marx Brothers concert in Atlanta, GA
  The Breman Museum, Atlanta, presents "The Music of the Marx Brothers: An Evening of Song and Comedy" on June 2 at 4pm
  
  
• "A Night In the Ukraine" in Streator, IL
  Engle Lane Theatre presents "A Night In the Ukraine". Loosely based on Chekhov's "The Bear", it re-imagines the Marx Brothers in a musical farce never filmed. May 19-25, 2019 at the Engle Lane Theatre in Streator, Illinois
  
  
• "Minnie's Boys" in Chicago, IL

  The Porchlight Music Theatre will 'revisit' "Minnie's Boys", co-authored by Groucho's son Arthur, on May 22-23, 2019. From their website: "A joyful and loving look at the young Marx Brothers as they chart their journey from vaudeville toward Hollywood and their invention of the greasepaint moustache, the honking horn and the tickling of the famous piano keys."

  
  
• "An Evening with Groucho" - tour dates

  Frank Ferrante is touring with his show "An Evening with Groucho". Click here for his current tour dates.

Recent publications Books / Audio / Video

Books about the Marx Brothers, their films etc.

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

- (deutsch) Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden, DE, 2019, ISBN: 3 8487 5012 0    Available from amazon:

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:

- Quirk Books , Mar 2019 / Kindle edition    Available from amazon:

Kinske, Daniel (ed.): Art Ducko: An Illustrated History of the Marx Brothers, Vol. I
Originally announced for 2014, then made into a Kickstarter campaign in 2018, which was cancelled, this book was finally published in 2018. It includes many illustrations and cartoons of the Marx Brothers from their lives and movies up to "Duck Soup".

- Peasie Weasie Press / artduckobooko.com, Los Angeles, CA, 2018, ISBN: 0 9994711 3 9

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

- Interlink Pub Group, 2018, ISBN: 1 56656 033 0 / part of the "Louvish Hollywood Biographies" series    Available from amazon:

Books in which the Marx Brothers appear as characters

Turledove, Harry: Hail! Hail!
Author's description: "Hail! Hail!" has - The Marx Brothers! - The Texas Revolution! - Fre(e)donia X2! all in one peculiar package

- Swallow's End Publishing, 2018 / e-book    Available from amazon:

Books in which material of the Marx Brothers is quoted

Gonzalez, Luis Anthony: Wisdom of the Marx Brothers: Life Lessons from Groucho, Chico, and Harpo
The author takes scenes from the movies and applies the "morale" to our normal life.

- self-published, 2018, ISBN: 1 98682 071 8    Available from amazon:

Articles about the Marx Brothers, their movies, stage shows etc.

Campbell, Craig: The Story of the Marx Brothers

- The Weekly News, DC Thomson, 27 Jan 2018 / Part 1

N.N.: The Marx Brothers
A cover story about the Marx Brothers and the show that brought them to radio

- Nostalgia Digest Magazine, 2018, Summer / http://www.nostalgiadigest.com

Marx Brothers Movies

The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection ( Box Set, Paramount )
includes "The Cocoanuts", "Animal Crackers" (+theatrical trailer), "Horse Feathers" (+theatrical trailer), "Monkey Business" and "Duck Soup" (+theatrical trailer)
All have English Dolby Digital 2.0 audio and all except Cocoanuts also have Spanish audio. All are subtitled in English, French and Spanish
An extra disc of bonus material has:
- Today Show Interview with Harpo Marx (1961)
- Today Show Interview with Groucho Marx (1963)
- Today Show Interview with William Marx, Harpo's son (1985)
Some columnist and some people on amazon have stated that these movies have been "censored". This is not true, they are the same as the versions previously available on video and DVD.

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / "Cult Edition" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / "Cult Edition" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

The Cocoanuts (1929)

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Noix de Coco" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Noix de Coco" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Animal Crackers (1930)

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "L'Explorateur en Folie" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "L'Explorateur en Folie" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Monkey Business (1931)

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Monnaie de Singe" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Monnaie de Singe" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Horse Feathers (1932)

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Plumes de Cheval" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "Plumes de Cheval" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Duck Soup (1933)

- DVD, Region 2: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "La Soupe au Canard" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- Blu-Ray: ESC Editions, 2018 / titled "La Soupe au Canard" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Love Happy (1949)

- Blu-Ray: Rimini Editions, 2019 / titled "La Pêche au trésor" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

- DVD, Region 2: Rimini Editions, 2019 / titled "La Pêche au trésor" / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Records with performances of the Marx Brothers

Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel (1991)
Adaption made by Mark Brisenden from the scripts found by Michael Barson and published in 'Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel'. "These shows are better than the original performances", Nat Perrin said. The track listings are fore the 2019 CD. Click here for more episode information.

- BBC Studios Distribution Ltd., 3 CDs, 2019 / The Complete Series 1-3 / Click on flag to order from amazon:

The Marx Brothers - Los Hermanos Marx - האחים מרקס - マルクス兄弟 - Les Freres Marx - 마르크스형제 - Братья Маркс - Bröderna Marx - برادران مارکس - I Fratelli Marx - Братята Маркс - Bracia Marx - Germans Marx - الأخوة ماركس - 馬克思兄弟 - Αδελφοί Μαρξ - Irmãos Marx