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    1. Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx (Vintage)

      Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx (Vintage)

      by Stefan Kanfer

      This definitive biography of one of the world’s greatest comedians unflinchingly yet affectionately uncovers the man behind the cigar. Here is the amazing career of the man the world recognized as Groucho: the improbable disasters of the vaudeville years; the Marx Brothers, an act so funny W.C.... (learn more about this book)

    1. Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball

      Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball

      by Stefan Kanfer

      For more than fifty years Lucille Ball has been television's most recognizable and beloved face. As Lucy Ricardo she was the ultimate screwball housewife, getting herself into and out of scrapes with unmatched comic finesse. Indeed, she was so funny, and so central to the cultural landscape, that... (learn more about this book)

    1. Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

      Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

      by Stefan Kanfer

      For everything we know about Brando as a man as well as an actor and artist, he remains a fascination. What are we to make of someone whose life, both personal and professional, hit such dazzling highs and such abysmal lows? Stefan Kanfer answers this question, in the process giving us the final... (learn more about this book)

    1. The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World

      The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World (1993)

      by Stefan Kanfer

      With a scholar's precision and a novelist's eye, Stefan Kanfer tells the inside story of De Beers Consolidated Mines - from the nineteenth century diamond rush that transformed Johannes De Beer's humble South African farm into an exotic klondike, to the Oppenheimers' shadow empire that has... (learn more about this book)

    1. Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story

      Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story (1997)

      by Stefan Kanfer

      First time in paperback: the behind-the-scenes story of the cartoon business from its silent-era beginnings to today's computer-generated animation-and how these 'toons reflect America's values and dreams As Roger Rosenblatt put it, "What makes Serious Business a special treat is that it is... (learn more about this book)

    1. A Summer World: The Attempt to Build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the Days of the Ghetto to the Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt

      A Summer World: The Attempt to Build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the Days of the Ghetto to the Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt (1989)

      by Stefan Kanfer

    1. The Voodoo That They Did So Well: The Wizards Who Invented the New York Stage

      The Voodoo That They Did So Well: The Wizards Who Invented the New York Stage

      by Stefan Kanfer

      Manhattanites have always had a disdain for the rearview mirror. That's where trends begin, and the citizens of Gotham are concerned with the here and now rather than the then and there. Yet Manhattan's history is rich, filled with personalities who helped create the modern theater and made... (learn more about this book)

    1. The Eighth SinThe Eighth SinStefan Kanfer

      The Eighth Sin

      by Stefan Kanfer

    1. Stardust lost : the triumph, tragedy, and mishugas of the Yiddish theater in America

      Stardust lost : the triumph, tragedy, and mishugas of the Yiddish theater in America (2006)

      by Stefan Kanfer

      From the author of the best-selling and critically acclaimed biographies Groucho and Ball of Fire comes a definitive look back at the Yiddish Theater. In this soulful and entertaining elegy Stefan Kanfer traces its meteoric rise, its precipitous fall, and its lasting mark on American theater,... (learn more about this book)

    1. Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America

      Stardust Lost: The Triumph, Tragedy, and Mishugas of the Yiddish Theater in America

      by Stefan Kanfer

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