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Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made

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by Roy Blount Jr.

Type

Studies

Subject

One Film > Duck Soup

Keywords

Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, war

Publishing date

2011

Publisher

It Books

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Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 160 pages
5 ¼ x 8 inches (13.5 x 20.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-06-180817-3

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Book Presentation:
Bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the story of theclassic Marx Brothers wartime satire Duck Soup. As always, Blount isinformed yet informal, tongue-in-cheek yet tempered, providing the perfectvoice to recount the irreverent antics of Harpo, Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo. Readers of HarpoSpeaks, The Essential Groucho,and Monkey Business and fans of Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera and the Marx Brothers' other timelesscomedies—as well as all fans of Blount's witty and insightful books like Alphabet Juice and Feet on the Street and listeners to NPR's weekly news quiz, Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me—will becaptivated by the lyrical humorist's compelling, behind-the-scenes storytellingof the 1933 classic film.

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