Zeppo : the reluctant Marx brother /

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Author / Creator:Bader, Robert S., author.
Imprint:Essex, Connecticut : Applause, Theatre & Cinema Books, [2024]
Description:x, 332 pages, 24 umnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13574564
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ISBN:9781493087969
1493087967
9781493087976
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Zeppo was the Marx Brother who didn't want to go into the family business. A juvenile delinquent in his teen years, before joining his brothers on stage, Zeppo balanced two careers: auto mechanic and petty criminal. Even after getting dragged into the world of entertainment-for sixteen years, he did his familial duty as a vaudeville, Broadway, and movie star-he finally made his escape from the Four Marx Brothers, making failed attempts to find steady work in real estate, screenwriting, and the restaurant business. It was only after Zeppo hit it big as a Hollywood talent agent, representing stars like Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Lana Turner, that his fortunes took a turn. He bred racehorses, owned a manufacturing plant, became a citrus rancher, a commercial fisherman, and an inventor with several patents. He was, in short, a complex character, and his own family never quite figured him out. Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother gives a lively account of this checkered life and career"--
Other form:Online version: Bader, Robert S. Zeppo Lanham : Applause, [2024] 9781493087976

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505 0 |a The accidental brother -- The fifth son also rises -- The juvenile six -- What's in a Name? -- The reluctant vaudevillian -- A guy could get used to this -- Love and the fourth Marx Brother -- Not the brightest light on Broadway -- Wall Street lays an egg -- Hooray for Hollywood -- The great race -- How to succeed in business without really trying -- Opportunity knocks -- What makes Herbie run? -- Enter Miss Stanwyck -- This thing of ours -- Whose clamp is it anyway? -- Trouble in paradise -- Boys will be boys -- The other Marx brothers -- Barbara moves in -- The second time around -- With friends like these -- The night we called it a day -- The lion in winter -- It was a very bad year -- Zepilogue. 
520 |a "Zeppo was the Marx Brother who didn't want to go into the family business. A juvenile delinquent in his teen years, before joining his brothers on stage, Zeppo balanced two careers: auto mechanic and petty criminal. Even after getting dragged into the world of entertainment-for sixteen years, he did his familial duty as a vaudeville, Broadway, and movie star-he finally made his escape from the Four Marx Brothers, making failed attempts to find steady work in real estate, screenwriting, and the restaurant business. It was only after Zeppo hit it big as a Hollywood talent agent, representing stars like Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Lana Turner, that his fortunes took a turn. He bred racehorses, owned a manufacturing plant, became a citrus rancher, a commercial fisherman, and an inventor with several patents. He was, in short, a complex character, and his own family never quite figured him out. Zeppo: The Reluctant Marx Brother gives a lively account of this checkered life and career"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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