| the Morrie Ryskind story is a classic Americansuccess story. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants,Ryskind went on to attend Columbia University and achievelegendary fame on Broadway and in Hollywood, win thePulitzer Prize, and become a noted, nationally syndicatedcolumnist. Writing with his legendary theatricalcollaborators George S. Kaufman and George and IraGershwin, their political satires, which include the PulitzerPrize-winning Of Thee I Sing, had an enormous impact onthe development of the musical comedy. In Hollywood,classic films such as My Man Godfrey, Stage Door, PennySerenade, and four of the Marx Brothers sublimeromps--Cocoanuts, Animaland Room Service--alsogenius--Morrie Ryskind.Crackers, A Night at thebear the signatory stamp of Forced by his increasingly conservative views to abandonscript-writing in Hollywood, Ryskind had the satisfactionnear the end of his life to welcome into his home his oldfriend, the newly elected President of the United States,Ronald Reagan. In 1983, at the age of 89, Morrie Ryskind finally heededthe pleas of many friendsand began work on hisautobiography, workingin collaboration withJohn Roberts. I Shot anElephant in My Pajamasis the result. You willfind that this too-longdelayed book was wellworth the wait. |
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