Joe Adamson
Forfatter af Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo
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I picked the Adamson book because it had been written at the time they were at their popularity peak and I thought it would be the best choice. I had read it way back then, but didn't remember much of it at all. I came away from reading it rather disappointed though.
The book has very little biographical material about the Brothers (which was what I was really looking for) and not really much in the way of movie synopsis's or descriptions. It seems more to me like I was sitting at a table chatting with someone about Marx Brothers anecdotes and bits about their films. The author also tries to inject his own humor into the book, which doesn't really work at all. The best parts of the book are the chapters about their pre-film stage work in vaudeville and on Broadway, probably because the author (young at the time of book publication) had to rely on interviews and histories rather than personal viewing. On the cover of the book it reads "A celebration of the Marx Brothers", and maybe that was the authors intention, not a history of the Brothers or their films.
I will have to dig around for a more recent and updated bio of the Brothers, most of my books about them are older and more about their films alone.
And on a personal note: Adamson calls Zeppo one of the "9 worst things about the Brothers". Look, he was obviously more of the straight Brother, but he WAS a Marx Brother. And as I said above, I consider the Paramount movies with Zeppo much better than any others..."Duck Soup" may be the funniest film ever made (perhaps tied with W.C. Fields "It's a Gift")...… (mere)