Harpo Speaks!: The Riotous Autobiography Of Harpo Marx
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Before the world knew him as the mute, harp-playing anarchist of the silver screen, Adolph Harpo Marx was a penniless kid from the tenements of New York City — and Harpo Speaks! is his uproarious, warm-hearted, and utterly disarming account of the journey in between. Written with Rowland Barber, this memoir chronicles a life lived at full throttle: from hustling on the streets of Manhattan and dropping out of school after just two days, to conquering vaudeville alongside his brothers Groucho, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo, and ultimately becoming one of Hollywood's most beloved comic icons. Along the way, Harpo paints vivid portraits of the Algonquin Round Table's literary luminaries — Alexander Woollcott, George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker — whose rarefied world he entered as an unlikely yet cherished guest. What makes this autobiography a true classic of American show-business literature is the voice: candid, self-deprecating, and brimming with the same irrepressible joy that radiated from every pratfall and honk of his on-screen persona. Harpo illustrates, with remarkable clarity, how genius can be born from chaos, and how a man who never spoke a word on film could have so very much to say. A testament to the golden age of American comedy, this memoir leaves the reader marvelling at one essential question — just how much more was Harpo quietly thinking all along?
Author: Harpo Marx
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Before the world knew him as the mute, harp-playing anarchist of the silver screen, Adolph Harpo Marx was a penniless kid from the tenements of New York City — and Harpo Speaks! is his uproarious, warm-hearted, and utterly disarming account of the journey in between. Written with Rowland Barber, this memoir chronicles a life lived at full throttle: from hustling on the streets of Manhattan and dropping out of school after just two days, to conquering vaudeville alongside his brothers Groucho, Chico, Zeppo, and Gummo, and ultimately becoming one of Hollywood's most beloved comic icons. Along the way, Harpo paints vivid portraits of the Algonquin Round Table's literary luminaries — Alexander Woollcott, George S. Kaufman, Dorothy Parker — whose rarefied world he entered as an unlikely yet cherished guest. What makes this autobiography a true classic of American show-business literature is the voice: candid, self-deprecating, and brimming with the same irrepressible joy that radiated from every pratfall and honk of his on-screen persona. Harpo illustrates, with remarkable clarity, how genius can be born from chaos, and how a man who never spoke a word on film could have so very much to say. A testament to the golden age of American comedy, this memoir leaves the reader marvelling at one essential question — just how much more was Harpo quietly thinking all along?