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BiographyThe Marx Brothers
By the middle of the 1920s, vaudeville was dying out and one of the medium's greatest acts, the Marx Brothers, was looking to make the transition to the legitimate stage.
The producer Sam H....
The Gershwins and Political Satire
Kaufman turned to Tin Pan Alley himself for a highly ambitious project with the composer/lyricist team of George and Ira Gershwin. The 1927 show, Strike Up the Band, was an aggressive political...
Enter Moss Hart
However, by the time the 1930s began, Kaufman's spirits were relatively high. Financially, he was fairly unaffected by the stock market crash. Professionally, he was much in demand as a director...
The Later Years
Kaufman's personal life was centered around his wife, Beatrice (nee Bakrow), whom he married in 1917. Although they soon went their separate ways romantically, the couple were devoted to each other...
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