Harpo Speaks!.
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TextPublisher: San Francisco : Pickle Partners Publishing, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (495 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781787203891
- 927.92
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
First published in 1961, this is the autobiography of Harpo Marx, the silent comedian of The Marx Brothers fame.
Writing of his life before, during, and after becoming famous by incorporating lovely and humorous stories and anecdotes, Harp Marx tells of growing up in a rough neighborhood and being poor, being bullied and dropping out of school, teaching himself to read, write, tell time, and to play the piano and harp.
He speaks of his close relationships with his family members, particularly his mother and brother Leonard (Chico), who would become his partner-in-crime on screen, and the profound effect that the death of his parents Sam and Minnie had on him.
Filled with insider tales of his antics on and off stage, and the hard graft he and his brothers put into reaching their level of success, the reader becomes privy to a rare glimpse into Marx' thoughts on everything and everyone he had the privilege of working with.
The book reveals the friendships he forged and the blows he was dealt in show-business, and of his marriage to his wife, actress Susan Fleming, with whom he adopted four children and built a ranch on which they lived happily ever after, along with numerous animals.
A thoroughly enjoyable read.
"This is a riotous story which is reasonably mad and as accurate as a Marx brother can make it. Despite only a year and a half of schooling, Harpo, or perhaps his collaborator, is the best writer of the Marx Brother. Highly recommended."--Library Journal
"A funny, affectionate and unpretentious autobiography done with a sharply professional assist from Rowland Barber."--New York Times Book Review
"This is a racy autobiography by the mute Marx Brother with the rolling eyes, oversized pants and red wig who could send a glissando reeling over his harp.[...] It is enjoyable reading and polished writing..."--Kirkus Review
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- DEDICATION -- CHAPTER 1-CONFESSIONS OF A NON-LADY HARPIST -- CHAPTER 2-THE EDUCATION OF ME -- CHAPTER 3-ADRIFT IN GRANDPA'S DEMOCRACY -- CHAPTER 4-ENTER: A CHARACTER -- CHAPTER 5-ENOUGH BLACK JELLY BEANS -- CHAPTER 6-LOVE ME AND THE WORLD IS MINE -- CHAPTER 7-"GREENBAUM, YOU CRAZY KIDS!" -- CHAPTER 8-THE SILENCING OF PATSY BRANNIGAN -- CHAPTER 9-POOM-POOMS, PEDALS AND POKER -- CHAPTER 10-BUT CAN YOU CARRY IT ON THE CHIEF? -- CHAPTER 11-THE NAME IS WOOLLCOTT -- CHAPTER 12-NO USE TALKING -- CHAPTER 13-BUCKETY-BUCKETY INTO THE LAKE -- CHAPTER 14-CROQUEMANIACS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! -- CHAPTER 15-THE BAM-BANG-SOCK-AND-POW PART -- CHAPTER 16-PLAYGROUND CONDEMNED -- CHAPTER 17-HOLLYWOOD BACHELOR: EARLY STRUGGLES -- CHAPTER 18-EXAPNO MAPCASE, SECRET AGENT -- CHAPTER 19-THE OBOE UNDER THE BLANKET -- CHAPTER 20-CHERCHEZ LA FLEMING -- CHAPTER 21-MOST NORMAL MAN IN HOLLYWOOD -- CHAPTER 22-EXIT ALEXANDER -- CHAPTER 23-LIFE ON A HARP RANCH -- CHAPTER 24-THE RETURN OF PINCHIE WINCHIE, OR, YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG FOREVER -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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