Japanese Fiction Sale!
 
 

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

Weekly drawing for $100 credit. Subscribe to our Specials newsletter for a chance to win.
Privacy Policy

More at Powell's

Recently Viewed clear list

Guests | June 17, 2013

Jami Attenberg: IMG On Sharing Works in Progress and Outlining

2 comments By Jami Attenberg

Lately my life has been a lot of travel, on planes, trains, and in a station wagon that is so beat up I am pretty sure it's not going to pass... Continue »
  1. $10.50 Sale Trade Paper add to wish list

    The Middlesteins

    Jami Attenberg 9781455507207
spacer
Ships free on qualified orders.
$12.99
New Trade Paper
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Available for In-store Pickup
in 7 to 12 days
Qty Store Section
1 Remote Warehouse Film and Television- History and Criticism
1 Remote Warehouse Film and Television- Reference

This title in other editions

Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made

by

Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made Cover

 

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

Nearly eighty years after its release, the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup remains one of the most influential pieces of political satire in history. In Hail, Hail, Euphoria!, bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the history and making of Duck Soup, examining the comedic genius of the Marx Brothers in their finest hour and nine minutes.

In Duck Soup, a slim, agile, quick-witted, self-assured young man is summoned to save a nation from financial ruin. As the nations new president, he brings together a team of rivals, a band of brothers. Those brothers are Pinky, Chicolini, and Lt. Bob Roland. Their leader? None other than Rufus T. Firefly.

The humor and idiosyncratic wit of Duck Soup are saluted by the authors own in this gem of a book, offering a behind-the-scenes tale of show business and brotherhood that only a true Marx Brothers aficionado could tell.

Synopsis:

Bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the story of theclassic Marx Brothers wartime satire Duck Soup. As always, Blount isinformed yet informal, tongue-in-cheek yet tempered, providing the perfectvoice to recount the irreverent antics of Harpo, Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo. Readers of HarpoSpeaks, The Essential Groucho,and Monkey Business and fans of Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera and the Marx Brothers other timelesscomedies—as well as all fans of Blounts witty and insightful books like Alphabet Juice and Feet on the Street and listeners to NPRs weekly news quiz, Wait, Wait, Dont Tell Me—will becaptivated by the lyrical humorists compelling, behind-the-scenes storytellingof the 1933 classic film.
back to top

About the Author

Roy Blount Jr. is the author of twenty-one previous books, covering subjects from the Pittsburgh Steelers to Robert E. Lee to what dogs are thinking. He is a regular panelist on NPR's Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! and is a member of the American Heritage Dictionary Usage Panel. Born in Indianapolis and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Blount now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, the painter Joan Griswold.
back to top
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780061808173
Author:
Blount, Roy, Jr.
Publisher:
It Books
Author:
Blount Jr, Roy
Subject:
Film - General
Subject:
Film and Television-Reference
Subject:
Film and Television-History and Criticism
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
20111131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
8 x 5.3125 x 36 in 17.78 oz
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. Wildwood
    Used Hardcover $12.50
  2. Bobby Bramble Loses His Brain Used Hardcover $5.50
  3. Little Mouse Gets Ready (Toon Books) Used Hardcover $8.95
  4. A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice...
    New Trade Paper $18.00
  5. Best Friends, Worst Enemies:... Used Trade Paper $4.95
  6. Great House
    Used Trade Paper $7.95
back to top

Related Subjects

» Arts and Entertainment » Drama » Acting
» Arts and Entertainment » Film and Television » History and Criticism
» Arts and Entertainment » Film and Television » Specific Film
» Arts and Entertainment » Humor » Comedy Business and Criticism
» Arts and Entertainment » Photography » Technique

Hail, Hail, Euphoria!: Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made New Trade Paper
0 stars - 0 reviews
$12.99 In Stock
Product details 160 pages It Books - English 9780061808173 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , Bestselling author Roy Blount Jr. tells the story of theclassic Marx Brothers wartime satire Duck Soup. As always, Blount isinformed yet informal, tongue-in-cheek yet tempered, providing the perfectvoice to recount the irreverent antics of Harpo, Chico, Groucho, and Zeppo. Readers of HarpoSpeaks, The Essential Groucho,and Monkey Business and fans of Animal Crackers, A Night at the Opera and the Marx Brothers other timelesscomedies—as well as all fans of Blounts witty and insightful books like Alphabet Juice and Feet on the Street and listeners to NPRs weekly news quiz, Wait, Wait, Dont Tell Me—will becaptivated by the lyrical humorists compelling, behind-the-scenes storytellingof the 1933 classic film.
spacer
spacer
  • back to top
Follow us on...




Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.