Books and articles of little or unknown relation to the Marx Brothers

Books which are given as reference in other books, books which seem to be about the Brothers, but are definitely not and others I just do not know enough about. Let me know if you have more information about any of these books.

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(N.N.): Invaders from Marx. Un anno con i fratelli Marx. Libro agenda del cinema 1998

- (italiano) Lindau, 1997, ISBN: 88 718 0195 4 (ISBN-13: 9788871801957)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Ace, Goodman: The Book of Little Knowledge
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1955

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Aguado, Óscar: Las últimas palabras de harpo
poetry

- (español) Amargord, Spain, 2010, ISBN: 84 92560 36 3 (ISBN-13: 9788492560363)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Allen, Fred: Much Ado About Me
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, 1956

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Angeli/May: Le tour de monde de Groucho

- (français) Sorbier, ISBN: 2 7320 3521 1 (ISBN-13: 9782732035215)

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Barbany, Damià: Groucho me enseñò su camiseta
The title translates as "Groucho showed me his shirt". The book is about a musical featuring texts written by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán

- Teatro Español, Madrid, ES, 2009, ISBN: 84 87744 50 8 (ISBN-13: 9788487744501)

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Bardeche, Maurice; Brasillach, Robert: Histoire du Cinema

- André Martel, 1947

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Batterbury, Michael and Ariane: On the Town in New York
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1973

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Bellina, Mario: I marx redentori della società

- Giraldi Editore, Italy, 2008, ISBN: 88 6155 204 8 (ISBN-13: 9788861552043)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Benagulu, Luis: Groucho y la televisión
Probably nothing to do with the Marx Brothers. The title could come from a Groucho quote. The plot is set in "Marx Brother Cabin Street" ("Calle Camarote de los Hermanos Marx").

- (español) Célebre Editorial, 2021, ISBN: 84 123788 9 X (ISBN-13: 9788412378894)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Bennett, Saul: Harpo Marx at Prayer
This is a book of poems. It has one poem with this title, which has a vague reference to Harpo.

- Archer Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 9662299 6 7 (ISBN-13: 9780966229967)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Bercovici, Konrad: Around the World in New York
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- The Century Co., New York, NY, 1924

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Birmingham, Stephen: Our Crowd
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1967

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Black, Mary: Old New York in Early Photographs
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Dover Publications, New York, NY, 1973

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Blum, Daniel: A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1900-1956
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Greensburg, New York, NY, 1956

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Bou, Guillem; Cruz, Jordi; Baquero, Lucrecia; Valera, José María: Menudo Pastel (o La empresa de los lios)
an economics book which uses the Marx Brothers for its examples

- (español) Ediciones Pirámide, Madrid, Spain, 2006, ISBN: 84 368 2031 2 (ISBN-13: 9788436820317)

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Brahms, Caryl; Simon, S.J.: Don't, Mr Disraeli
".. Just about everyone associated with Victorian England appears somewhere in the book, along with others who barely fit in (the Marx brothers, for example)." (from a review on goodreads)

- Michael Joseph, London, UK, 1940 - Penguin Books, London, UK, 1949

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Brant, Henry: The Marx Brothers: 3 faithful portraits : for an ensemble of seven players
This might be sheet music

- , 1996, ISBN: 0 8258 2583 0 (ISBN-13: 9780825825835)

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Breuer, Michael: Ökonomische Grundlagen der Sozialversicherungsorganisation
Die Konsequenzen des Groucho-Marx-Effektes

- (deutsch) Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden Baden, Germany, 1999, ISBN: 3 7890 5858 0 (ISBN-13: 9783789058585)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Brown, Henry Collins: In the Golden Nineties
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Valentine's Manual, Hastings-on-Hudson, 1928

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Brown, John Mason: 'The Theatre of the Twenties', essay in "Dramatis Personae"
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969

- Hamish Hamilton, London, UK, 1963

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Burkhart, Jeff; Stuart, Bruce: Hollywood's First Choices (Or Why Groucho Marx Never Played Rhett Butler) : How the Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made

- Darien House / Crown Publishers, 1994, ISBN: 0 517 88086 5 (ISBN-13: 9780517880869)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Camilo dos Santos, João: A mala dos Marx Brothers
A collection of poems. Seems to have no further relation to the Marx Brothers than the title of the book.

- (português) Editorial Caminho, Lisboa, Portugal, 1988

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Campbell, Robert: The Golden Years of Broadcasting
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1976

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Cerf, Bennett (ed.): An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969

- Hanover House, Doubleday & Co., New York, NY, 1954

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Cervera, Alfons: Historia, novela y memoria o el camarote de los hermanos Marx

- Centro de Profesores y Recursos de Cuenca, Spain, 2008, ISBN: 84 95964 54 6 (ISBN-13: 9788495964540)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Chan, William: A Pictorial History of the Great Comedians
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1970

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Churchill, Allen: The Great White Way
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1962

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Cohen, Jeffrey: Some Like It Hot-Buttered
From the author: "A man buys a movie theatre to show only comedies (he calls it Comedy Tonight), and in the first novel in the series (Some Like It Hot-Buttered), he professes his love for the Marx Brothers many times, quotes Groucho, and during a few chapters, shows Horse Feathers."

- Berkley (Prime Crime), 2007, ISBN: 0 425 21799 X (ISBN-13: 9780425217993)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Cooke, Alistair: Six Men
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1977

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Coontz, RJ: Horsefeathers - Scientific Prefixes Borrow A Page From The Marx Brothers
I am not sure whether this has something to do with the Brothers

- Sciences, Vol. 34, No. 6, New York, NY, 1994-Nov/Dec, ISSN: 0036-861X

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Corwin, Norman: Script for 'The Curse of 589'
Corwin has written some radio plays which starred Groucho.

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Coslow, Sam: Cocktails for Two

- Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, 1977

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Cowles, Fleur: The Case of Salvador Dali

- William Heinemann, Melbourne / London / Toronto, 1951

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Crichton, Kyle Samuel: Don't Call Me a Stooge

- Collier's, 15 May 1937

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Crowther, Bosley: The Lion's Share

- E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1957

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Davenport, Marcia: Too Strong for Fantasy

- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1967

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Dedmon, Emmett: Fabulous Chicago
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Random House, New York, NY, 1952

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Englund, Peter: Die Marx-Brothers in Petrograd
Don't be fooled by the title, this has nothing to do with the Marx Brothers we are talking about.

- (deutsch) , Germany, ISBN: 3 86163 060 5 (ISBN-13: 9783861630609)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Epstein, Morris: A Pictorial History of Jewish Holidays and Customs
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- KTAV Publishing House, New York, NY, 1959

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Farb, Peter: Word Play
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1974

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Felperin, L: Review of "The Marx-Brothers Encyclopedia" by Mitchell,G
one very short paragraph

- Sight And Sound, Vol. 7, No.2, London, UK, Feb 1997, ISSN: 0037-4806

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Fields, Ronald J. (ed.): W.C. Fields By Himself
(reference in Arce: Groucho)

- Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1973, ISBN: 0 13 944462 9 (ISBN-13: 9780139444623)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Fisher, Robert: Mira hacia atrás y riete
Robert Fisher did work on "Groucho a Life in Revue" with Arthur Marx. The title translates as "Look back and laugh". A Spanish website describes the book as "... anecdotes and stories from the time when he worked for exceptional comedians such as Groucho Marx, Bob Hope or George Burns, among others". I couldn't find out what the English original is called.

- (español) Ediciones Obelisco, 2001, ISBN: 84 7720 865 4 (ISBN-13: 9788477208655)    titled: Mira hacia atrás y riete, translated by: Verónica D' Ornellas Radziwill

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Ford, Corey: The Time of Laughter

- Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, 1967

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Forlani, R.: Le Beret a Groucho

- (français) Table Ronde, ISBN: 2 7103 1081 3 (ISBN-13: 9782710310815)

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Gehring, Wes D.: Kinds of American Film Comedy: Six Core Genres and Their Literary Roots
From the publisher: "This groundbreaking film study begins with a survey of American print humorists from eras leading up to and overlapping the advent of film—including some who worked both on the page and on the screen [...]. Six comic film genres are identified as outgrowths of a national tradition of Cracker Barrel philosophers, personality comedy, parody, screwball comedy, romantic comedy and dark comedy. [...]"
I assume the Marx Brothers will be mentioned in some place.

- McFarland, 2024, ISBN: 1 476 68899 0 (ISBN-13: 9781476688992) / softcover    Check availability (amazon*): - McFarland, 2024 (ISBN-13: 9781476650494) / eBook    Check availability (amazon*):

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Gilbert, Douglas: American Vaudeville. Its Life and Times
General information about American Vaudeville. "Fun in Hi Skule" and "I'll Say She Is" are very briefly mentioned.

- McGraw-Hill / Whittlesey House, New York, NY, 1940 - Dover Publications, 1963, ISBN: 0 486 20999 7 (ISBN-13: 9780486209999)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Goldstein, Fred & Stan: Prime-Time Television: A Pictorial History From Milton Berle to Falcon Crest
Keywords: TV series shows sitcoms broadcasting network programming variety nostalgia Berle Mr. televison coca Sullivan ball gleason George Gracie skelton Disney gobel Benny como godfrey Groucho martin & Lewis Hayes lunts bankhead ca cinema/TV/Hollywood

- Crown, New York, NY, 1983

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Goulart, Ron: Groucho
short story (cat, science fiction)

- in: "Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine", TZ Publications, Apr 1981 - in: "Great Stories from Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine", TZ Publications, 1982 - in: "Magicats!", ACE, 1984, ISBN: 0 441 51530 4 (ISBN-13: 9780441515301)    Check availability (amazon*): - in: "Magicats!", ACE, 1987, ISBN: 0 441 51531 2 (ISBN-13: 9780441515318)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Greene, Graham: On Film: Collected Film Criticism 1935-1939
Keywords: watching reviewing movies 1930s thirties Hollywood motion pictures films odeons Marx brothers Mr. smith dead end hotel du nord pleasure dome power & glory film criticism novelist larger truths human behavior script writing

- Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1972

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Hames, Peter: Surviving the market. 32nd Karlovy-Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 1997
This festival had a Marx Brothers retrospective. The article just mentions this.

- Sight & Sound, Sep 1997, ISSN: 0037-4806

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Hankel, Walter S. (ed.): Whither, Whither, or After Sex, What?

- The Macaulay Company, New York, NY, 1930

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Hawley, John Eugene: World Wide Influences of the Cinema

- University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

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Highet, Gilbert: The Anatomy of Satire
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969

- Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1962 - Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1962

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Hoche, Karl: Die Marx-Brothers : eine Geschichte des Sozialismus - 150 Jahre, die den Kapitialismus und das Zwerchfell erschütterten
Although this 'History of Socialism' has the Marx Brothers in the title, they are not the ones we are interested in.

- (deutsch) Droemer Knaur, München, Germany, 1983, ISBN: 3 426 19080 X (ISBN-13: 9783426190807)    Check availability (amazon*):

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James, Sibyl: In China with Harpo and Karl
"A quirky, tender travel diary"
Doesn't really have anything to do with Harpo.

- Calyx Books, ISBN: 0 934971 16 1 (ISBN-13: 9780934971164) / (hardcover)    Check availability (amazon*): - Calyx Books, ISBN: 0 934971 15 3 (ISBN-13: 9780934971157) / (paperback)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Johnson, Dorris; Leventhal, Ellen (eds.): Letters of Nunnally Johnson
Starting as a journalist Johnson wrote short stories and later also movies and plays. This book has two letters to Groucho (one of them is also in the Groucho Letters). Other letters mention him.

- Knopf, New York, NY, 1981

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Kennedy, A.L.: Original bliss
This might be a collection of short stories or essays. One chapter is called "Groucho's moustache"

- Jonathan Cape, London, Uk, 1997

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Klingaman, William K.: 1929: The Year of the Great Crash
Captures the drama of the economic events and shows how the entire world was experiencing a year of crisis. Uses a wide variety of first person reports to bring economics, music, sports, literature and politics to life. Keywords: united states depressions great depression stock market economic social history roaring twenties al Capone Marx brothers illustrations: photographs.

- Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1989

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Kramer, Dale: Ross and the New Yorker
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969

- Victor Gollancz, London, UK, 1952

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Krassner, Paul: Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut
Autobiography of publisher, editor, writer of The Realist, founder of Yippies, Keywords: sixties, yippies, abbie Hoffman, lenny Bruce, Groucho Marx, psychedelic drugs, LSD

- Simon & Schuster, New York, 1993

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Lamparski, Richard: Hollywood Diary
Publisher's info: "Twelve Untold Tales of Gary Cooper, Patsy Kelly, Pola Negri, Robert Taylor, Zeppo Marx, Quentin Crisp, The Grapes of Wrath, 'Our Gang', Rock Hudson, Soupy Sales, and more." Has a very short anecdote of Lamparski meeting Zeppo.

- BearManor Media, Boalsburg, PA, 2006, ISBN: 1 59393 052 6 (ISBN-13: 9781593930523)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Levy, Gabor B.: Zepto And Yocto - The Missing Marx Brothers
Short science article. Zepto and Yocto are the prefixes for 10^-21 and 10^-24

- Microscopy Today , Volume 4 , Issue 10, Dec 1996

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Lewis, Jacobs: The Rise of the American Film (A critical history)
Movie trends of 1933 (Adamson)

- Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, NY, 1939

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Lieberfeld, D.; Sanders, J.: Here Under False Pretenses, The Marx Brothers Crash The Gates

- American Scholar, Vol. 64, No. 1, Washington, DC, 1995, ISSN: 0003-0937

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Lindström, Hans: Jacques Werups Casanova
text about the book "Casanovas senare resor" by Jacques Werup with a "digression" into the Marx Brothers especially Groucho

- (svenska) in "Skrattet åt världen i litteraturen", Carlsson, Stockholm, 1993, ISBN: 91 7798 748 9 (ISBN-13: 9789177987482)

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Mars, François: Le Gag

- (français) Editions du Cerf

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Martin, Pete: Going His Way

- Saturday Evening Post, 30 Nov 1946

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Martin, Pete: Pete Martin Calls on . . .

- Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1962

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Mayer, Richard: Warhol's Jews: Ten Portraits Reconsidered
Catalogue for the exhibition at the Jewish Museum, NY (16 March - 3 Aug 2008). This series includes a portrait of the Marx Brothers.

- Jewish Museum, New York, 2008, ISBN: 0 300 14115 7 (ISBN-13: 9780300141153)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Moore, Christopher: Practical Demon Keeping
This book gives a brief Marx Brothers mention. A genie is talking to someone while watching one of the Marx movies on TV. When he sees Harpo performing he laughs so hard the tears are rolling down his cheeks. His comment is that he doesn't know who Harpo is, but he must be a genie.

- St. Martins Press, 1992, ISBN: 0 312 07069 1 (ISBN-13: 9780312070694)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Nadeau, Maurice: The History of Surrealism

- The Macmillan Company, New York, NY, 1965

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Peters, Robert: Celebrities : in memory of Margaret Dumont, dowager of the Marx Brothers movies (1890-1965)
Poems. "One hundred forty copies ... Twenty-five copies are in a special case". A booklet with poems which has a picture of Margret Dumont on the cover. She is mentioned once in one of the poems, but otherwise this book has no connection to the Marx Brothers.

- Sombre Reptiles, Berkeley, CA, 1981

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Pivetti, Paolo: La Bibbia e Groucho Marx! Humour di Dio
The tilte translates as "The Bible or Groucho Marx. Humour of God". I think the title is the only connection and the book is more about religion and humour.

- (italiano) Piemme, Italy, 2001, ISBN: 88 384 5158 3 (ISBN-13: 9788838451584)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Robertson, Sheila: Famous Names in Films

- Wayland, Hove, UK, 1980

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Ross, Alison: The Language of Humour
from the publisher: "examines the importance of the social context for humour / explores the issue of gender and humour in areas such as the New Lad culture in comedy and stand-up comedy / includes comic transcripts from TV sketches such as Clive Anderson and Peter Cook

- Routledge, 1998, ISBN: 0 415 16912 7 (ISBN-13: 9780415169127) / (paperback)    Check availability (amazon*): - Routledge, 2005 / (Kindle ebook)    Check availability (amazon*): - Routledge, 2015, ISBN: 1 138 13653 0 (ISBN-13: 9781138136533) / (hardback)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Rovere, Richard: Senator Joe McCarthy
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969

- Methuen, London, UK, 1960

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Rudahl, Sharon: A Dangerous Woman
"The Graphic Biography of Emma Goldman"
In this comic book illustrating the life of anarchist and radical icon Emma Goldman, the panel signifying her first acquaintance with Marxism features three of the Marx Brothers quoting from "The Communist Manifesto"

- The New Press, New York,NY, 2007, ISBN: 1 59558 064 6 (ISBN-13: 9781595580641)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Saltzman, R.: Miami Land Rush (The Marx Brothers' First Film The 'Cocoanuts', 1929)

- Smithsonian, Vol. 31, No. 12, Washington, DC, Mar 2001, ISSN: 0037-7333

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Sturkey, Marion F.: No Greater Love: The Groucho Marx Battle
Story from the Vietnam war. Has nothing to do with the Marx Brothers

- Heritage Press Intl (self-published), 2015, ISBN: 0 991301 11 0 (ISBN-13: 9780991301119)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Thomson, David: Movie Man

- Stein and Day, New York, NY, 1969

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Tibbetts, Peggy: The Road to Weird: Carly's Ghost / Harpo Marx is Seeing Things
The "Harpo ..." story has a main character called Harpo Marx, but has otherwise no relation to the Marx Brothers

- Zumaya Publications, 2003, ISBN: 1 8699 4259 0 (ISBN-13: 9781869942595)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Ulmer, G.L.: A Night At The Text
Keywords: Barthes,Roland; Marx Brothers

- Yale French Studies, No. 73, Univ Florida, New Haven, CT, 1987, ISSN: 0044-0078

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Vázquez Montalbán, Manuel: Cuestiones marxistas

- (español) Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 1974, ISBN: 84 339 0422 1 (ISBN-13: 9788433904225) - (español) Anagrama, Barcelona, Spain, 1979, ISBN: 84 339 1221 6 (ISBN-13: 9788433912213) - (español) Frasinelli, Italy, 2001, ISBN: 88 7684 671 9 (ISBN-13: 9788876846717)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Walker, Nancy A.: What's So Funny?
"Humor in American Culture"
A collection of 15 essays from Nancy Walker and Zita Dresner, Joseph Boskin and Joseph Dorinson, William Keough, Roy Blount, Jr., and others

- Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, ISBN: 0 8420 2688 6 (ISBN-13: 9780842026888) / (paperback)    Check availability (amazon*): - Rowman & Littlefield, 1998, ISBN: 0 8420 2687 8 (ISBN-13: 9780842026871) / (hardback)    Check availability (amazon*): - Rowman & Littlefield, 1998 / (Kindle e-book)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Wallace, Adam; Geddes, Serena (Illustrations): Rusty, Buster and Patch versus the Opera
Children's book with Marx-Brothers-like characters on the cover

- Krueger Wallace Press, 2017, ISBN: 0 994469 39 X (ISBN-13: 9780994469397)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Wenden, D.J.: Review of "The Marx-Brothers - A Biobibliography" by Gehring,W.D.

- Historical Journal Of Film Radio And Television, Vol. 10, No. 3, Abingdon, UK, 1990, ISSN: 0143-9685 - Historical Journal Of Film Radio And Television, Vol. 11, No. 1, Abingdon, UK, 1991, ISSN: 0143-9685 / just one paragraph

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Winnington, Richard: Drawn and Quartered

- Saturn Press, 1948

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Wray, Fay: On the Other Hand: A Life Story

- St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 1988

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Wright, Basil: Long View: History & Appreciation of Movies
Keywords: filmmakers motion pictures films cinema talkies silents Hollywood melies documentaries vitascope video lumiere brothers de mille decor costumes wiene lang pabst clair feyder sound scores mood comedy Marx bros. musicals lubi cinema/TV/Hollywood

- Knopf, New York, NY, 1974

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Yacowar, Maurice: I found it at the Movies
has a 2 pages about the Marx Brothers

- Revisionist Press, New York, NY, 1977, ISBN: 0 87700 256 8 (ISBN-13: 9780877002567)    Check availability (amazon*):

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Yardley, Jonathan: Ring (A Biography of Ring Lardner)

- Random House, New York, NY, 1977

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