The Marx Brothers

The Marx Brothers
Bibliography

Books and articles of unknown or little relation to the Marx Brothers

Books which are given as reference in other books, books which seem to be about
the Brothers, but are definitely not and others I just do not know enough about.
Let me know if you have more information about any of these books.

(N.N.): Hermanos Marx: obras selectas
Unknown content. This could be translations of scripts or of material written by Groucho, Harpo and Chico
- (espagñol) Carroggio, Barcelona, Spain, 1981, 1982
titled: Hermanos Marx: obras selectas, translated by: Juan Leita

(N.N.): Los Hermanos Marx
Catalogue gives "poster art" as keyword
- (espagñol) Editorial Libsa, Alcobendas, Spain, 1991, ISBN: 84 7630 087 5
titled: Los Hermanos Marx, translated by: María Luisa Ortega

Ace, Goodman: The Book of Little Knowledge
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1955

Allen, Fred: Much Ado About Me
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, 1956

Angeli/May: Le tour de monde de Groucho
- (français) Sorbier, ISBN: 2 7320 3521 1

Bardeche, Maurice; Brasillach, Robert: Histoire du Cinema
- André Martel, 1947

Batterbury, Michael and Ariane: On the Town in New York
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1973

Bennett, Saul: Harpo Marx at Prayer
This is a book of poems. It has one poem with this title, which has a vague reference to Harpo.
- Archer Books, 2000, ISBN: 0 96622 996 7 / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Bercovici, Konrad: Around the World in New York
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- The Century Co., New York, NY, 1924

Birmingham, Stephen: Our Crowd
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1967

Black, Mary: Old New York in Early Photographs
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Dover Publications, New York, NY, 1973

Blum, Daniel: A Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1900-1956
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Greensburg, New York, NY, 1956

Brahms, Caryl; Simon, S.J.: Don't, Mr Disraeli
The Marx Brothers make a short appearance in this novel
- Michael Joseph, London, UK, 1940
- Penguin Books, London, UK, 1949

Brown, Henry Collins: In the Golden Nineties
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Valentine's Manual, Hastings-on-Hudson, 1928

Brown, John Mason: 'The Theatre of the Twenties', essay in "Dramatis Personae"
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969
- Hamish Hamilton, London, UK, 1963

Burkhart, Jeff; Stuart, Bruce: Hollywood's First Choices (Or Why Groucho Marx Never Played Rhett Butler) : How the Greatest Casting Decisions Were Made
- Darien House / Crown Publishers, 1994, ISBN: 0 517 88086 5 / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Camilo, Joäao: A mala dos Marx Brothers
- (portugues) Editorial Caminho, Lisboa, Portugal, 1988

Campbell, Robert: The Golden Years of Broadcasting
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1976

Cerf, Bennett (ed.): An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969
- Hanover House, Doubleday & Co., New York, NY, 1954

Chan, William: A Pictorial History of the Great Comedians
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Grosset & Dunlap, New York, NY, 1970

Churchill, Allen: The Great White Way
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1962

Cooke, Alistair: Six Men
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1977

Coontz, RJ: Horsefeathers - Scientific Prefixes Borrow A Page From The Marx Brothers
I am not sure whether this has something to do with the Brothers
- Sciences, Vol. 34, No. 6, New York, NY, 1994-Nov/Dec, ISSN: 0036-861X

Corwin, Norman: Script for 'The Curse of 589'
Corwin has written some radio plays which starred Groucho.
- Click on flag to order from amazon:

Coslow, Sam: Cocktails for Two
- Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, 1977

Cowles, Fleur: The Case of Salvador Dali
- William Heinemann, Melbourne / London / Toronto, 1951

Crichton, Kyle Samuel: Don't Call Me a Stooge
- Collier's, 15 May 1937

Crowther, Bosley: The Lion's Share
- E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, NY, 1957

Davenport, Marcia: Too Strong for Fantasy
- Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY, 1967

Dedmon, Emmett: Fabulous Chicago
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Random House, New York, NY, 1952

Englund, Peter: Die Marx-Brothers in Petrograd
Don't be fooled by the title, this has nothing to do with the Marx Brothers we are talking about.
- Germany, ISBN: 3 86163 060 5

Epstein, Morris: A Pictorial History of Jewish Holidays and Customs
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- KTAV Publishing House, New York, NY, 1959

Farb, Peter: Word Play
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1974

Felperin, L: Review of "The Marx-Brothers Encyclopedia" by Mitchell,G
one very short paragraph
- Sight And Sound, Vol. 7, No.2, London, UK, Feb 1997, ISSN: 0037-4806

Fields, Ronald J. (ed.): W.C. Fields By Himself
(reference in Arce: Groucho)
- Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1973, ISBN: 0 13 944462 9

Ford, Corey: The Time of Laughter
- Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA, 1967

Forlani, R.: Le Beret a Groucho
- (français) Table Ronde, ISBN: 2 7103 1081 3

Goldstein, Fred & Stan: Prime-Time Television: A Pictorial History From Milton Berle to Falcon Crest
Keywords: TV series shows sitcoms broadcasting network programming variety nostalgia Berle Mr. televison coca Sullivan ball gleason George Gracie skelton Disney gobel Benny como godfrey Groucho martin & Lewis Hayes lunts bankhead ca cinema/TV/Hollywood
- Crown, New York, NY, 1983

Greene, Graham: On Film: Collected Film Criticism 1935-1939
Keywords: watching reviewing movies 1930s thirties Hollywood motion pictures films odeons Marx brothers Mr. smith dead end hotel du nord pleasure dome power & glory film criticism novelist larger truths human behavior script writing
- Simon & Schuster, New York, NY, 1972

Hames, Peter: Surviving the market. 32nd Karlovy-Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic, 1997
This festival had a Marx Brothers retrospective. The article just mentions this.
- Sight & Sound, Sep 1997, ISSN: 0037-4806

Hankel, Walter S. (ed.): Whither, Whither, or After Sex, What?
- The Macaulay Company, New York, NY, 1930

Hawley, John Eugene: World Wide Influences of the Cinema
- University of Southern California Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1940

Highet, Gilbert: The Anatomy of Satire
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969
- Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1962
- Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1962

Hoche, Karl: Die Marx-Brothers : eine Geschichte des Sozialismus - 150 Jahre, die den Kapitialismus und das Zwerchfell erschütterten
Although this 'History of Socialism' has the Marx Brothers in the title, it never mentions them
- (deutsch) Droemer Knaur, München, Germany, 1983, ISBN: 3 426 19080 X

James, Sibyl: In China with Harpo and Karl
- ISBN: 0 934971 16 1 / (hardcover) / Click on flag to order from amazon:
- ISBN: 0 934971 15 3 / (paperback) / Click on flag to order from amazon:

Johnson, Dorris; Leventhal, Ellen (eds.): Letters of Nunnally Johnson
Starting as a journalist Johnson wrote short stories and later also movies and plays. This book has two letters to Groucho (one of them is also in the Groucho Letters) and other letters mention him.
- Knopf, New York, NY, 1981

Kennedy, A.L.: Original bliss
This might be a collection of short stories or essays. One chapter is called "Groucho's moustache"
- Jonathan Cape, London, Uk, 1997

Klingaman, William K.: 1929: The Year of the Great Crash
Captures the drama of the economic events and shows how the entire world was experiencing a year of crisis. Uses a wide variety of first person reports to bring economics, music, sports, literature and politics to life. Keywords: united states depressions great depression stock market economic social history roaring twenties al Capone Marx brothers illustrations: photographs.
- Harper & Row, New York, NY, 1989

Kramer, Dale: Ross and the New Yorker
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969
- Victor Gollancz, London, UK, 1952

Krassner, Paul: Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut
Autobiography of publisher, editor, writer of The Realist, founder of Yippies, Keywords: sixties, yippies, abbie Hoffman, lenny Bruce, Groucho Marx, psychedelic drugs, LSD
- Simon & Schuster, New York, 1993

Levy, G.B.: Zepto And Yocto - The Missing Marx Brothers
I don't think this has anything to do with the Brothers
- American Biotechnology Laboratory, Vol. 10, No. 4, Shelton, CT, Apr 1992, ISSN: 0749-3223

Lewis, Jacobs: The Rise of the American Film (A critical history)
Movie trends of 1933 (Adamson)
- Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York, NY, 1939

Lieberfeld, D.; Sanders, J.: Here Under False Pretenses, The Marx Brothers Crash The Gates
- American Scholar, Vol. 64, No. 1, Washington, DC, 1995, ISSN: 0003-0937

Mars, François: Le Gag
- (français) Editions du Cerf

Martin, Pete: Going His Way
- Saturday Evening Post, 30 Nov 1946

Martin, Pete: Pete Martin Calls on . . .
- Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1962

Moger, Art: Hello! My real name is ...
A collection of celebs and their real names. Keywords: cine George burns Marx brothers Crawford Joan rivers redd foxx Jane darwell Mary wickes mel broks john denver
- Citadel Press, Seacausus, NJ

Moore, Christopher: Practical Demon Keeping
This book gives a brief Marx Brothers mention. A genie is talking to someone while watching one of the Marx movies on TV. When he sees Harpo performing he laughs so hard the tears are rolling down his cheeks. His comment is that he doesn't know who Harpo is, but he must be a genie.

Nadeau, Maurice: The History of Surrealism
- The Macmillan Company, New York, NY, 1965

Peters, Robert: Celebrities : in memory of Margaret Dumont, dowager of the Marx Brothers movies (1890-1965)
Poems. "One hundred forty copies ... Twenty-five copies are in a special case". Abooklet with poems which has a picture of Margret Dumont on the cover. She is mentioned once in one of the poems. All in all it can be said that this book has no connection to the Marx Brothers.
- Sombre Reptiles, Berkeley, CA, 1981

Pivetti, Paolo: La Bibbia e Groucho Marx! Humour di Dio
The tilte translates as "The Bible or Groucho Marx. Humour of God". I think the title is the only connection and the book is more about religion and humour.
- (italiano) Piemme, Italy, 2001, ISBN: 88 3845158 3

Prost: Crise et Grouchotements
- (français) Seuil, ISBN: 2 02 028546 0

Robertson, Sheila: Famous Names in Films
- Wayland, Hove, UK, 1980

Rovere, Richard: Senator Joe McCarthy
'Other references' in Eyles, 1969
- Methuen, London, UK, 1960

Saltzman, R.: Miami Land Rush (The Marx Brothers' First Film The 'Cocoanuts', 1929)
- Smithsonian, Vol. 31, No. 12, Washington, DC, Mar 2001, ISSN: 0037-7333

Thomson, David: Movie Man
- Stein and Day, New York, NY, 1969

Ulmer, G.L.: A Night At The Text
Keywords: Barthes,Roland; Marx Brothers
- Yale French Studies, No. 73, Univ Florida, New Haven, CT, 1987, ISSN: 0044-0078

Wenden, D.J.: Review of "The Marx-Brothers - A Biobibliography" by Gehring,W.D.
- Historical Journal Of Film Radio And Television, Vol. 10, No. 3, Abingdon, UK, 1990, ISSN: 0143-9685
- Historical Journal Of Film Radio And Television, Vol. 11, No. 1, Abingdon, UK, 1991, ISSN: 0143-9685 / just one paragraph

Winnington, Richard: Drawn and Quartered
- Saturn Press, 1948

Wray, Fay: On the Other Hand: A Life Story
- St. Martin's Press, New York, NY, 1988

Wright, Basil: Long View: History & Appreciation of Movies
Keywords: filmmakers motion pictures films cinema talkies silents Hollywood melies documentaries vitascope video lumiere brothers de mille decor costumes wiene lang pabst clair feyder sound scores mood comedy Marx bros. musicals lubi cinema/TV/Hollywood
- Knopf, New York, NY, 1974

Yardley, Jonathan: Ring (A Biography of Ring Lardner)
- Random House, New York, NY, 1977

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