This month sees the release of two biographies, one devoted to Shemp Howard of the Three Stooges, and the other to Zeppo Marx of the Marx Brothers. The casual observer may be forgiven if they are ...
Zeppo “would lose $100,000 playing cards and the next night he’d win $200,000. The Marx brothers were frightened of this,” ...
“Shemp!” by Burt Kearns (Applause Theater & Cinema Books, 264 pages, $32.95) Shemp Howard, like Zeppo Marx, was the fourth wheel in one of the most successful and beloved comedy teams of the ...