- Paperback
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper); Reissue edition (April 1983)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671470728
- ISBN-13: 978-0671470722
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,161,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Without doubt the best Marx Bros. book I've read.
19 Nov 1997
Format: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
Well intentioned disappointment
11 Feb 2002
Format: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
Brilliant!
22 Dec 2002
Format: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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