Anobile is also known for a Pyrrhic victory: It's called A FLASK OF FIELDS and also features a Hirschfeld drawing on the cover. Fields with a book which, I think, pre-dates this one. As a coffee-table book, WHY A DUCK is almost perfect. The photographs are various sizes, and the layout is such that the humor is heightened. While nothing beats seeing the movies, students of comedy can learn a lot about craft following these book form recreations of the Marx Brothers' best scenes. It is a great introduction to the Marx Brothers. It's as if Anobile had re-edited the films, cutting extraneous parts.
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The major routines from each movie are virtually reproduced in still pictures with printed dialogue. Anobile, left out, for legal reasons, one classic, ANIMAL CRACKERS, and for legal reasons AND reasons or taste, ROOM SERVICE, A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA and LOVE HAPPY.) But this is not merely a collection of stills. Published in 1972 or so, a good thirty years after the Marx Brothers officially quit the movie business, WHY A DUCK consists almost entirely of stills from from nine of their thirteen movie comedies. The drawing depicts Groucho, Harpo and Chico. It was a drawing by Al Hirschfeld, the great NEW YORK TIMES chronicler of stage and screen faces. Published in 1972 or so, a good thirty years after the Marx Brothers officially quit the movie business, WHY A DUCK consists almost entirely It's too bad the original cover doesn't show up here. It's too bad the original cover doesn't show up here. Of course, I highly recommend seeing the movies, but you can get a quick hit of laughter anytime by reading even small sections of this book.more Every time I read almost any part of Why a Duck?, it makes me laugh out loud.
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Again, I have read this book numerous times over the years. It also includes an introduction by Groucho.
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It also provides a smidgen of sequences from At the Circus (1939), Go West (1940), and The Big Store (1941). The book includes significant photo/written-dialogue sequences from the following movies: The Cocoanuts (1929), Monkey Business (1931), Horse Feathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), A Night at the Opera (1935), and A Day at the Races (1937). Anobile selected wonderfully entertaining sequences from the movies, which enable the reader to enjoy these hilarious comedic actors in book form. Why a Duck? presents photographs made from actual movie-frame blow-ups and printed dialogue from segments of eight Marx Brothers movies. Their brother Zeppo also appeared in non-comedic roles in the first four movies covered in this book (listed below). Likewise, Groucho’s brother Harpo, who did not speak in the Marx Brothers movies, and his brother Chico, were both gifted comedic actors. To me, Groucho Marx was a comedic genius in both a visual and witty-dialogue sense. For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed the Marx Brothers. Anobile, in 1973 and I have read it numerous times over the last 39+ years. Their brother Zeppo also appeared in non I bought Why a Duck?: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies, edited by Richard J.
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I bought Why a Duck?: Visual and Verbal Gems from the Marx Brothers Movies, edited by Richard J.