Why A Duck? Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies

Introduction Groucho Marx, Edited by Richard J. Anobile

ISBN 10: 0821203738 / ISBN 13: 9780821203736

Published by Darien House Inc, New York, 1971

About this Item

Here it is - a book of visual and verbal gems from the Marx Brothers movies with over 600 illustrations. Remember the stateroom scene from A Night at the Opera The tutsie-fruitsie scene from Day at the Races The auction scene from the Cocoanuts Here they are. Not publicity stills but frame-by-frame blow-ups of the scenes in their hilarious entirety, with the actual dialogue from the soundtrack. WHY A DUCK (Chico's wacky Italinate mispronunciation of "Viaduct") shows all the great comic sequences from the nine films the brothers Marx made during the 1930s and 40s. MONKEY BUSINESS, HORSE FEATHERS, DUCK SOUP, BIG STORE, AT THE CIRCUS and GO WEST, presented in a unique form which faithfully translates the filmed original to the book page. Richard Shepard (1923-1998), culture critic for the New York Times from 1962-1969, known for his amiably down-to-earth manner, has added a one-of-a kind personal note - telling of his own experience in seeing the Marx Bros. films when they first hit the unsuspecting world. Dust jacet has a small chip to top edge. 288 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Front blank endpaper has been removed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Humour; United States; Film, Radio & Television; film. ISBN: 0821203738. ISBN/EAN: 9780821203736. Inventory No: 271555. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why A Duck? Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies
• Publisher: Darien House Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0821203738
• ISBN 13: 9780821203736
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Humour

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Synopsis

Here it is: The funniest scenes from the funniest of all Marx Brothers film, recreated for you by means of more than 800 fame blow-up photos taken directly from Animal Crackers