Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx

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

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 05/08/2001
ISBN: 9780375702075
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.18w x 1.05d

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 06/01/2001 pg. 82