- Hardcover: 464 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) (April 1983)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671214586
- ISBN-13: 978-0671214586
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 4.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 658 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,352,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My Favorite Book,
By Allan Reini (Freedonia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World (Paperback)
This is, without a doubt, the greatest book on the "Fab Four" ever written. I've read it so many times, it's falling apart in my hands. If you've been watching the recently released DVD's you will feel a certain sense of superiority over your friends as you casually mention anecdotes and little known facts about each film. Your friends will also feel a certain sense of satifaction as they clobber you for talking during a movie. But you won't be able to help it. This book is THAT GOOD.
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3.9 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Without doubt the best Marx Bros. book I've read.,
By W. Gary Wetstein "WGaryW" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo (Hardcover)
It's rare for a book on a specific subject to be so extremely well-written that it's worth recommending to people on that basis alone. This is a book which would be entertaining and even hilarious to people who aren't Marx Brothers fanatics. Even the classic anecdotes that Marxophiles have read a thousand times are told with such wit and energy that they feel new. Adamson's work has served to greatly enhance my already fanatical interest. And yes, even the footnotes are funny.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Well intentioned disappointment,
By jeremy haft - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Sometimes Zeppo: A History of the Marx Brothers and a Satire on the Rest of the World (Paperback)
Adamson is best when delving into the pandemonium that went on behind the screen -- the troupes of writers and endless script incarnations it took to make the movies we love today.But his analysis of the films themselves leaves much to be desired. In his endless scene-by-scene expositions, he assaults the reader with too much of the wrong detail -- surprisingly missing crucial moments and nuances while hitting us over the head with his own facile bias for page after page after page. (Adamson's editor must have been spending a day at the races when this manuscript came up for review.) We also don't get much of anything about the Brothers' famous sidekicks. Only a couple paragraphs are spared for the great Margaret Dumont, and NONE for Louis Calhern, arguably the best straight-man performance in 1930's comedy. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Brilliant!,
By Jeffrey Cohen "Jeff" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes Zeppo (Hardcover)
The best of the Marx books by far, it is the book that one of the brothers SHOULD have written. Exhaustively researched and written with wit and style, it is the one book you should own if you are a Marx Bros. fan. Don't miss it, under any circumstances. It's funny enough to be a must-read for anyone, not just Marx fans.
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