Practically every book written about the brothers always had a chief focus on the 13 movies they did as a quartet and trio between 19, including such classics as “Animal Crackers”, “Duck Soup” and “A Night at the Opera”. …At least that what I thought, until I got my hands on the latest addition to the Marx Brothers canon, Robert S.
I have seen all of their movies, watched countless reruns of Groucho’s TV game show “You Bet Your Life”, and on the book front, have read practically every book written by them and about them, from such memoirs as Groucho and Me and Harpo Speaks!, to oral histories like The Marx Brothers Scrapbook, to collective biographies such as Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Sometimes, Zeppo – Four of the Three Musketeers. Bader I have been a fan of the Marx Brothers (in its three- and four-brother incarnations -Four of the Three Musketeers) for over 40 years. Montreal Times Review Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage by Robert S. How the quartet started, persevered and finally broke through to success on the highest level is the subject of Robert S. Known as the Four Marx Brothers-Milton hated performing and dropped out early on-they hit the big time in the 1920s and, famous as Chico, Harpo, Groucho and Zeppo, made some of the funniest movies in Hollywood’s history, most notably everyone’s favorite, “A Night at the Opera” (1935), and the Central European military spoof “Duck Soup” (1933). In the end, he became half of a duo-act that introduced one of the best-known catch phrases in the culture-“Positively, Mister Gallagher? Absolutely, Mister Shean!” Yet he was all the same completely overshadowed by his wild and crazy nephews: Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton and Herbert. But Uncle Al Sheanwasn’t all that prominent, and he did little to help his nephews find a place in show business while he himself was struggling. By ETHAN MORDDEN Having a relative in the business should give you a good head start. Bader shows that Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo had nothing on Minnie Marx-the booster, nag and agent who set them on their way to fame. The Stage Mom Behind the Marx Brothers In ‘Four of the Three Musketeers’ Robert S.
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