Groucho And Me

Groucho Marx recounts the history of the Marx Brothers—Chico, Harpo, Zeppo, Gummo, and Groucho—from their impoverished childhood on New York's Upper East Side through their rise in entertainment. The narrative covers their early years in small-time vaudeville, the circumstances leading to their first Broadway success with I'll Say She Is!, and their transition to Hollywood, where they created films including A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. Marx also describes how the 1929 stock market crash affected him financially and details his later television series, You Bet Your Life!. Told with humor and irreverent wit, the memoir presents the life and career of Julius Henry Marx, known as Groucho, capturing both the glamorous and unglamorous sides of American show business.