Correspondence, book typescripts, motion picture scripts, and a book relating to Marx's life and acting career. Book typescripts include Marx's autobiography, Groucho and Me (1959), and motion picture scripts include Animal Crackers (1930), Duck Soup (1933), and A Night at the Opera (1935). Correspondents include Goodman Ace, Fred Allen, George Blake, Dick Cavett, T.S. Eliot, Jerry Lewis, Arthur Sheekman, Harry S. Truman, E.B. White, and Earl Wilson.
Humorist and actor. Real name: Julius Henry Marx.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010073
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Ace, Goodman--Correspondence. Allen, Fred, 1894-1956 --Correspondence. Blake, George, 1917-1955 --Correspondence. Cavett, Dick--Correspondence. Eliot, T. S. 1888-1965 --Correspondence. Lewis, Jerry, 1926- --Correspondence. Sheekman, Arthur, 1901-1978 --Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 --Correspondence. White, E. B. 1899-1985 --Correspondence.
Motion picture plays. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion picture industry--United States.