The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies
Author | : Maurice Charney |
Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 0838641245 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838641248 |
Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies written by Maurice Charney and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Comic World of the Marx Brothers' Movies: Anything Further Father? is the first book to consider the Marx Brothers in the context of comic theory and practice. It includes a gag analysis of three famous scenes: the stateroom scene in A Night at the Opera, the mirror scene in Duck Soup, and the tootsie-frootsie ice cream scene in A Day the Races.