- Paperback: 568 pages
- Publisher: Citadel Press; 1st Carol Pub. Group Ed edition (Oct 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0806513462
- ISBN-13: 978-0806513461
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.7 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,422,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been a fan of the Marx Brothers like so many others for some sixty odd years now and their films are just as entertaining and funny today as ever they were .For me Groucho was the kingpin behind everything and his style of humour is still to be enjoyed to this day.I wrote to him in 1976 a year before his death and was amazed to receive a large photograph of the boys autographed personally to me.Although he was infirm and in his eighties the great man still had time for an old fan,that must say something for the man.A number of books have been published about the Marks Brothers and Groucho in particular but this one by Charlotte Chandler is for me the best by far.So many stories and events from their earliest days on stage in NEW York to Hollywood and into old age are related here in a most amusing and entertaining way. Groucho was next to the last survivor of the brothers the last being Zeppo and his death in 1977 marked the end of an era the likes of which we will never see again.A must for all you Marx Brothers fans out there,this ones a treat.
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A rare glimpse of Groucho toward the end of his life
11 Dec 2000
Format:Paperback
As the author points out, Groucho was a willing participant in this book but didn't live to see its publication. Charlotte Chandler spent a good deal of time with Groucho in his home toward the end of his life, and it's a perspective not offered by other authors (and I've read a number of books on the Brothers). Ms. Chandler conveys a sense of mutual warmth between herself and Groucho but doesn't idolize Groucho the Legend to the point of forgetting to capture the man. I also appreciated her kindness and restraint in treating Groucho's twilight-years relationship with the much, much younger Erin Fleming (the subject of a lawsuit by son Arthur Marx and many vitriolic pieces by the tabloid press). My husband points out that a few of the stories are told twice (anecdotally by the author, then in interview form), but that's well worth the price of admission. Transcripts of coversations with Woody Allen, Bill Cosby and others are priceless.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Memoirs of a Mangy Reviewer
23 Aug 2000
Format:Paperback
I've read part of this book in the library. It contains MANY anecdotes and quotes NOT found in any other Marx Bros. books-- and I've read most of the main ones! Thrill to the revelations about the sixth Marx brother! Gasp in Amazement at the meeting between Groucho and Woody Allen! Cheer at the revelation of the Missing Sketch from "I'll Say She Is!". And last but least, laugh. Of course some tiny smidgen (say, what IS a smidgen, anyway?) of information is incorrect, but hey, beggars can't be writers. Or is that critics can't be boozers?
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Hello , Groucho KNOWS he's going
27 Sep 2007
Format:Paperback
Unlike anything I have seen or read about the Marx Brothers, this book was,overall depressing. Constant focus on Groucho's mortality, especially his personal observation of it, were the main cause of this doom and gloom. Additionally, many stories of "the good ol' days" were repeated througout the book.
Although I concur this is new material, the material is not uplifting - the impending fall of an icon
Although I concur this is new material, the material is not uplifting - the impending fall of an icon
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