Speaking of Harpo - Hardcover

by Susan Fleming Marx (Author), Robert S. Bader (With)

The autobiography of Harpo Marx's wife, Susan Fleming, tells the story of her time as a Broadway showgirl during the Roaring Twenties, her struggles as an up-and-coming movie actress in 1930s Hollywood, and her twenty-eight-year marriage to Harpo. But her story doesn't end there: Susan rediscovered her own identity as a relatively young widow after Harpo's death in 1964.

Author Biography

Co-author Robert S. Bader has previously chronicled the Marx Brothers in Four of the Three Musketeers: The Marx Brothers on Stage (Northwestern University Press, 2016) and Groucho Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales (Applause, 2011). He is also a documentary filmmaker. Bader's film, Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes (HBO, 2020) was recently honored with a Critics' Choice Documentary Award. His next film, Groucho & Cavett, will premiere on the PBS series American Masters in 2022. Bader also manages intellectual property for celebrity estates including Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, and the Marx Brothers.