Groucho Author:Hector Arce Here at last is the definitive biography of the man behind the comedian who was truly a legend in his own time. Based on countless conversations with Groucho and his close cooperation, access to his private papers, and hundreds of interviews with friends and associates, here is the first biography to explore rather than exploit the fast-quipping... more », ferociously witty phenomenon that was Groucho Marx.
More than a collection of wild antics and heady Hollywood hijinks, this in-depth portrait evokes the man whose wit masked a profound romanticism, whose barbs served to blunt his own doubts about his place in Hollywood society and his success with some of the most sought-after women of all time.
Hector Arce probes Marx’s three marriages, his problem-riddled relationships with his three children and the other women in his life including Olivia de Havilland, Maureen O’Sullivan, Virginia Shulberg, and others. We are also giving a detailed account of his relationships with his gifted brothers, parents, and countless friends -- all of whom appear in three-dimensional form in his work. Friendships, quarrels, triumphs and defeats -- all are recorded here with care and frankness.
Lively, loving, blisteringly candid, Groucho goes beyond the brilliant wag to reveal the bedeviled man beneath.« less