That's Me, Groucho! The Solo Career of Groucho Marx
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (820 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1476663734 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Bath, England. . About the AuthorMatthew Coniam has contributed to numerous books, magazines, journals and websites in Britain and America
Many rare photographs are included, along with new and previously unpublished interviews.. In between came several films, numerous television and radio appearances, theater performances, dramatic acting and writing and his smash hit radio and TV quiz show You Bet Your Life (1947-1961). Groucho Marx's career as a solo performer began long before the Marx Brothers and lasted almost until the end of his life, with a series of controversial sold-out concerts in his eighties. This first ever comprehensive study of his work without his famous brothers reveals a Groucho perhaps unfamiliar to the public. Driven to prove he was much more than just a comedian with a greasepaint (later real) mustache, Groucho always t
. Matthew Coniam has contributed to numerous books, magazines, journals and websites in Britain and America. He lives in Bath, England
O Solo Groucho! J. Brennan Matthew Coniam's follow-up to the wonderful The Annotated Marx Brothers, That's Me, Groucho is a unique and insightful look at Groucho Marx not as one of the Marx Brothers, but as a solo performer. The book covers any and all appearances Groucho made without his famous brothers (Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo) from the early days of vaudeville up to his final appearances not long before his death. The mai. Noah Diamond said The first detailed study of Groucho's solo years. On the heels of his last book, the indispensable "Annotated Marx Brothers," Matthew Coniam provides an engrossing and unprecedented study of Groucho's post-Brothers solo career. While Groucho biographies overwhelmingly dwell on his personal struggles during this period, this is the first book to offer a serious, detailed exploration of Groucho the artist in late career. In addition to a great deal of new