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journal article		Comedy in the Movies: One : The Burlesque Form: The Gag in Melbourne Film Bulletin (September 1968) iss.5 p.3-9 Author: Coursodon, J. P. PhysDes: Article Subject: COMEDIES; AESTHETICS; Keaton, Buster; MARX BROTHERS; CHAPLIN, CHARLES Summary: Essay examines the genesis and development of "the gag", from its vaudeville/music hall background, to its use on the screen by Buster Keaton and the like. Extract from "Keaton Et Cie"in the "Cinema Aujourd'hui" book series. More info
book		Development of the film : an interpretive history / Alan Casty New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973. Call No: 70 CAS Author: Casty, Alan Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: 425 p. ; 23 cm Subject: EDITING; HISTORICAL FILMS; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; GENRES; SOCIAL HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; BOGART, HUMPHREY; BRECHT, BERTOLT; BUNUEL, LUIS; CAPRA, FRANK; CARNE, MARCEL; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; CLAIR, RENE; COOPER, GARY; CURTIZ, MICHAEL; DEMILLE, CECIL B.; DE SICA, VITTORIO; DIETRICH, MARLENE; DOVZENKO, ALEKSANDR; DREYER, CARL TH.; DUVIVIER, JULIEN; Fellini, Federico; FLAHERTY, ROBERT; FORD, JOHN; GARBO, GRETA; GODARD, JEAN-LUC; GRIFFITH, DAVID WARK; HITCHCOCK, ALFRED; HUSTON, JOHN; HAWKS, HOWARD; KINGSLEY, STANLEY; KAZAN, ELIA; LANG, FRITZ; Lean, David; LEROY, MERVYN; LUBITSCH, ERNST; MCCREA, JOEL; MAMOULIAN, ROUBEN; MARX BROTHERS; MILESTONE, LEWIS; MURNAU, FRIEDRICH WILHELM; NEWMAN, PAUL; PABST, GEORG WILHELM; Pasolini, Pier Paolo; Peckinpah, Sam; PUDOVKIN, VSEVELOD; REED, CAROL; RENOIR, JEAN; ROSSELLINI, ROBERTO; ROSSEN, ROBERT; Stewart, James; TOLAND, GREGG; TRUFFAUT, FRANCOIS; VIGO, JEAN; VISCONTI, LUCHINO; VON STERNBERG, JOSEF; VON STROHEIM, ERICH; WAYNE, JOHN; WELLES, ORSON; WELLMAN, WILLIAM; WILDER, BILLY; WISE, ROBERT; WYLER, WILLIAM; ZOLA, EMILE; BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1915); GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937); INTOLERANCE (US, David Wark Griffith, 1916); REGLE DU JEU, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1939); STRAW DOGS (UK, Sam Peckinpah, 1971) Summary: The development of the cinemictic styles and genres in films worldwide and the important professical within the film industry. ISBN: 0155176226 More info
book		The great movie comedians : from Charlie Chaplin to Woody Allen / by Leonard Maltin New York: Crown Publishers, 1978. Call No: 451-015 MAL Author: Maltin, Leonard Place: New York Publisher: Crown Publishers PubDate: 1978 PhysDes: xvii, 238 p. : ill. ; 26 cm Subject: COMEDIANS; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; ARBUCKLE, ROSCOE "FATTY"; LLOYD, HAROLD; ROGERS, WILL; FIELDS, W.C.; THREE STOOGES; HOPE, BOB; KAYE, DANNY; SKELTON, RED; LEWIS, JERRY; ALLEN, WOODY; LAUREL, STAN; HARDY, OLIVER; NORMAND, MABEL; LANGDON, HARRY; CHASE, CHARLEY [psued. of Charles Parrott]; GRIFFITH, RAYMOND; DRESSLER, MARIE; BROWN, JOE E.; MARX BROTHERS; COSTELLO, LOU Notes: Includes filmographies and index ISBN: 0517532417 LON: 77020233; 1040069 More info
book		The Marx brothers / by William Wolf ; research associate, Lillian Kramer Wolf New York: Pyramid Communications, 1975. Call No: 81MAR WOL Author: Wolf, William; Wolf, Lillian Kramer Place: New York Publisher: Pyramid Communications PubDate: 1975 PhysDes: 157 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: MARX BROTHERS Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 147-148; Filmography: p. 149-154 ISBN: 0515037540 : $1.75 LON: 75029948; 1039359 More info
book		The Marx brothers / by Kyle Crichton Melbourne: Heinemann, 1951. Call No: 81MAR CRI Author: Crichton, Kyle, 1896-1960 Place: Melbourne Publisher: Heinemann PubDate: 1951 PhysDes: vi, 326 p., [14] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm Subject: MARX BROTHERS LON: abn83144594; 2881233 More info
book		The Marx Brothers : their world of comedy London Cranbury (N.J.): Zwemmer Bernes, 1966. Call No: 81MAR EYL Author: Eyles, Allen Place: London Cranbury (N.J.) Publisher: Zwemmer Bernes PubDate: 1966 PhysDes: 2-175 p. : 20 plates ; 16 cm Subject: MARX BROTHERS Notes: Bibliography: p. 172-175 LON: nun00324054; 5230117 More info
journal article		The Marx Brothers in Montage (September 1968) p.35-39 Author: Eyles, Allen PhysDes: Article Subject: MARX BROTHERS; MARX, GROUCHO; CHAPLIN, CHARLES; TATI, JACQUES; FIELDS, W.C.; WEST, MAE; COMEDIANS; SATIRE IN FILMS Summary: Essay explores the work of the Marx Brothers as examples of important comic personalities who used satire to convey their views of the modern world. More info
book		The Marx Brothers scrapbook / Groucho Marx and Richard J. Anobile London: W.H. Allen, 1974. Call No: 82 MAR Author: Marx, Groucho; Anobile, Richard J. Source: UK Place: London Publisher: W.H. Allen PubDate: 1974 PhysDes: 256 p. : ill. ; 29 cm Subject: MARX BROTHERS; MARX, GROUCHO Summary: "Nobody could follow the Marx Bros. It was impossible! Jack Benny talks about his encounter with the Marx Bros. whose act he tried to follow on stage during a vaudeville tour. And the Marx Bros.still go it strong in this unique book, as Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo talk about themselves, each other, and everyone else with whom they were involved on and off stage for 45 years in vaudeville, the theater, and finally (when they were all forty and famous) in movies. Now for the first time, Groucho Marx, at age 83, recalls it all - from butcher shop to the fabulous years on the screen. Exclusive and extended interviews between Groucho and Richard J. Anobile are the heart of the story and there are supplementary interviews with Gummo and Zeppo Marx as well as other performers, writers and directors associated with the Marx Brothers. Zeppo, on the team: "I ended up doing something I didn't want to do and it got to the point where I had to get out or else wind up with a nervous breakdown." Gummo, on Chico: "Chico's friends were producers who gambled, actors who gambled, and women who screwed." Susan Marx, of her 28-year marriage with Harpo: "I made him laugh and he made me laugh. We had fun. He was the kindest man. The kindest man." And of Groucho: "He has driven three wives to drink, not to mention his children." Candor is just one element of this fascinating book. For the first time in print the reader is treated to a comprehensive, vivid, and hilarious account of the early years of the Marx Bros. They shared the stage with stars like Sarah Bernhardt, Jack Benny, Will Rogers and W C Fields. And finally the films, on which their fame will ride for all time. Groucho especially talks about 'A Night at the Opera" and the brothers respect and admiration for the man responsible for that film, Irving G. Thalberg. But again, something differrent in this book: accounts of what it was like to work with them, by such men as George Seaton (in an interview that will delight every movie buff who can read), Robert Florey, Morrie Ryskind, Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin and others. -BOOK JACKET ISBN: 0491012926 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 Contents: -- Contents-- Chapter 1 -- Groucho page 11 -- Gummo page 19 -- Photos page 26 -- Chapter 2 -- Groucho page 39 -- Jack Benny page 43 -- Photos page 47 -- England, 1922 page 54 -- Chapter 3 -- Groucho page 72 -- Morrrie Ryskind page 78 -- Photos page 84 -- Chapter 4 -- Groucho page 111 -- Robert Florey page 115 -- Photos page 118 -- England, 1931 page 142 -- Chapter 5 -- Groucho page 146 -- Harry Ruby page 152 -- Arthur Sheekman page 154 -- Photos 157 -- Chapter 6 -- Groucho page 172 -- Zeppo page 174 -- Chapter 7 -- Susan Marx page 177 -- Alexander Woollcott and Harpo Letters page 183 -- Photos page 200 -- Chapter 8 -- Groucho page 202 -- Harry and Morrie Guss page 207 -- George Seaton page 208 -- Nat Perrin page 212 -- Photos 215 -- Photos of the Stateroom scene page 223 -- Photos of The Tutsie-Fruitsie scene page 235 -- Photos page 241 -- Chapter 9 -- Groucho page 251 -- Index page 254 More info
Levy Collection book		Why a duck? : visual and verbal gems from the Marx Brothers movies / Introduction by Groucho Marx / Edited by Richard J. Anobile / Preface by Richard F. Shepherd New York: Darien House, 1971. Call No: 81MAR ANO Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Darien House PubDate: 1971 PhysDes: 288 p. : chiefly ill. ; 29 cm. Subject: MARX BROTHERS; MARX, GROUCHO Summary: "Here it is: a book of visual and verbal gems from the Marx Brothers movies - a unique film book which may very well revolutionize the presentation of film material in book form. It does for the Marx Brothers what no other volume about them has ever achieved - as direct a transition from film to book page as is humanly possible" -BOOK JACKET "An ambitious book that lets you enjoy nine great comic films in the comfort of your own home. In addition, Groucho himself has written what can only be considered the last word on Marx Brothers films, a kind of pastoral-comical-sociological treatise on the cinemalosophy of screen comedy. (And if you believe that, you'll belive anything.)" -BOOK JACKET ISBN: 0821203738 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info

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