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Straight Lady:
The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, “The Fifth Marx Brother”
“I’ve been a longtime Marx Brothers fan for 50 years. I’ve always been curious about Groucho’s foil, the great Margaret Dumont. Was she in on the jokes? Did she understand the jokes? All of them? ANY of them? Straight Lady: The Life and Times of Margaret Dumont, “The Fifth Marx Brother,” by Chris Enss and Howard Kazanjian set my mind at rest with everything I’d been curious about for years. In addition to giving me the “story-behind-the-story” on Dumont, I also learned along the truth behind several rumors and falsehoods regarding this grand dame of film. After all, she appeared in fifty-some movies between 1917 and 1964. Then, there was Groucho! Oh my, if you’re any kind of Marx Brothers fan, and who in their right mind is not, you’ll love and cherish this book. It’s one of those reads that when you put it away, you’re done knowing full well you’ll want to read it again, and again…”
Jerry Puffer, KSEN Radio
