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Four of the Three Musketeers : the Marx brothers on stage / Robert S. Bader.
Author
Bader, Robert S.
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Language
English
Published/Created
Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2016.
©2016
Description
xiii, 504 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
PN2297.M3 B33 2016
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Comedians
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United States
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Biography
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Vaudeville
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United States
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History
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Marx Brothers
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Summary note
Before film made them international comedy legends, Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo Marx developed their comic skills on stage for twenty-five years. Bader offers the first comprehensive history of the Marx Brother's hardscrabble early years honing their act in front of live audiences. From Groucho's debut in 1905 to their final live performances of scenes from A Night in Casablanca in 1945, Bader shows how their characters and routines evolved before their arrival in Hollywood, as well as illuminating the inner workings of the vaudeville business, especially during its peak in the 1920s.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-481) and index.
Contents
Prologue: The old country
The Marxian prehistoric
The house on 93rd Street
Uncle Al, Gene Leroy, and Johnnie Morris
On the road with Master Julius Marx
The Nightingales, Alma Schang, and the UBO
Ned Wayburn's Nightingales
A Nightingale sang in Coney Island
Four Nightingales and six mascots
The bumpy road to the big time
The metamorphosis : the three Marx Bros. & Company in "Fun in high school"
Pantages, the white rats, and "Peasie Weasie"
Changing partners : Gordon, Shean, and Lee
And then there were four
The four Marx Bros. and Company in Mr. Green's reception
The sex lives of the Marx Brothers and other catastrophes of 1913
Chicago's only lady producer of vaudeville attractions
Home again and broken hearts
The bumpier road to Broadway
Home again . . . and again and again
The five Marx Brothers and how they became a quartet . . . again
A show by any other name
On the mezzanine floor with a smudge of grease paint
On the balcony, the Mauretania, and Albee's blacklist
From the ashes to the talkies
I'll say she is
The toast of Broadway
The Cocoanuts
Talkies, Animal crackers, and the death of vaudeville
The end of the road
The last of Minnie and the crash of '29
The four Marx Brothers and how they became a trio . . . again
Epilogue: The end of a dream come true
Appendix: the Marx Brothers stage chronology (1905-45).
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4 of the 3 Musketeers
ISBN
9780810134164 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0810134160 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2016020058
OCLC
948340152
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