Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)

American comedian, film actor and television star. Member of The Marx Brothers

* October 2, 1890 New York, New York
 as Julius Henry Marx
 August 19, 1977 Los Angeles, California



Vintage magazines

Photoplay, June 1929
Photoplay, July 1929
Photoplay, August 1929

Photoplay, July 1931
Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, July 1932

Photoplay, July 1932
Photoplay, February 1936
Photoplay, February 1936


Books by Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx Memoirs of a Mangy Lover Groucho Marx
Memoirs of a Mangy Lover, Stories, Ruminations, and Philosophy from the World's Funniest Man
New York - London - Toronto - Sydney - Tokyo, 1989

Books on Groucho Marx

Stefan Kanfer Groucho Stefan Kanfer
Groucho, The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx
New York, 2000

Glenn Mitchell The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia Glenn Mitchell
The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia
London, 1996

Charlotte Chandler Groucho Charlotte Chandler
Groucho, Der Chef der Marx-Brothers
München, 1995

Wes D. Gehring
Groucho & W.C. Fields, Huckster Comedians
Jackson, 1994

Wes D. Gehring The Marx Brothers Wes D. Gehring
The Marx Brothers, A Bio-Bibliography
New York - Westport, Connecticut - London, 1987

Ulrich Hoppe Die Marx Brothers Ulrich Hoppe
Die Marx Brothers
München, 1985

Charlotte Chandler
Hello, I must be going, Groucho and His Friends
London, 1979

Hector Arce
Groucho
New York, 1979

Allen Eyles The Marx Brothers Allen Eyles
The Marx Brothers, Their World of Comedy
London - New York, 1974

Joe Adamson
Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and sometimes Zeppo, a history of the Marx Brothers and a satire on the rest of the world
New York, [1973]

Allen Eyles The Marx Brothers Allen Eyles
The Marx Brothers, Their World of Comedy
New York, 1969

Books with substantial mentioning of Groucho Marx

Michelle Vogel
Children of Hollywood, Accounts of growing up as the sons and daughters of stars
Jefferson, N.C., 2005

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

Olivier Mongin
Eclats de rire, Variations sur le corps comique: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jacques Tati, les Marx Brothers, Laurel et Hardy, Jerry Lewis, Louis de Funès, Raymond Devos, Rufus, Pierre Desproges, Philippe Caubere
Paris, 2002

Alan Dale Comedy Is a Man in Trouble Alan Dale
Comedy Is a Man in Trouble, Slapstick in American Movies
Minneapolis - London, 2000

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Andrew Sarris You ain't heard nothin' yet Andrew Sarris
"You ain't heard nothin' yet", the American talking film ; history & memory ; 1927 - 1949
New York, Oxford, 1998

Wes D. Gehring Personality Comedians As Genre Wes D. Gehring
Personality Comedians As Genre, Selected Players
Westport, Connecticut - London, 1997

Ronald L. Smith
Who's Who in Comedy, Comedians, Comics and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups
New York, Oxford, 1992

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ann Lloyd (ed.) Movies of the Thirties Ann Lloyd (ed.)
Movies of the Thirties
London, 1983

Jeffrey Robinson Teamwork Jeffrey Robinson
Teamwork, The Cinema
London/New York, 1982

James Robert Parish and William T. Leonard with Gregory W. Mank and Charles Hoyt
The Funsters
New Rochelle, New York, 1979

James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers The MGM Stock Company James Robert Parish and Ronald L. Bowers
The MGM Stock Company, The Golden Era
New Rochelle, N.Y., 1974

Books with an entry on Groucho Marx

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Danny Peary Cult Movie Stars Danny Peary
Cult Movie Stars
New York, [..], 1991

Anthony Slide (ed.) Selected Vaudeville Criticism Anthony Slide (ed.)
Selected Vaudeville Criticism
Metuchen, N.J., & London, 1988

Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors) Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs Stanley Appelbaum and James Camner (editors)
Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs, 361 Portraits from the 1860s to 1950
New York, 1981

Joe Franklin Encyclopedia of Comedians Joe Franklin
Encyclopedia of Comedians
Secaucus, N.J., 1979

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Books with photograph(s) of Groucho Marx

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Films

1921
Humor Risk

1929
The Cocoanuts

1930
Animal Crackers

1931
Monkey Business
The House That Shadows Built

1932
Horse Feathers

1933
Duck Soup

1935
A Night at the Opera

1936
Yours for the Asking

1937
A Day at the Races
The King and the Chorus Girl

1938
Room Service

1939
At the Circus

1940
Go West

1941
The Big Store

1946
A Night in Casablanca

1947
Copacabana

1949
Love Happy

1950
Mr. Music

1951
Double Dynamite

1952
A Girl in Every Port

1957
The Story of Mankind
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

1963
The Plot Thickens

1964
The Big Parade of Comedy

1966
Birds Do It

1968
Skidoo

1972
The Candidate

1975
Brother Can You Spare a Dime

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