That’s probably the strangest title I have ever written, but yes, the twisted mind behind the likes of House of 1000 Corpses, two Halloween remakes, and Lords of Salem, Rob Zombie has gotten his hands on the rights to Steve Stoliar’s memoir Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House, with an eye to direct, according to Deadline. Chronicling the last years of the legendary comedian's life, Stoliar’s book gives us a look at the time he spent as Marx’s personal secretary and archivist, where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Marx’s brothers Zeppo and Gummo, Mae West, Steve Allen, Bob Hope, and Jack Lemmon, while butting heads with Erin Fleming, the frustrating woman in charge of Groucho’s personal and professional life. The script is written by Brian Wilson biopic Love & Mercy’s Oren Moverman.
This is certainly a different movie for Zombie, one he saw as “Groucho’s Sunset Boulevard”, and “a sad, funny, and very dark tale of one of Hollywood’s greatest stars final years”. There’s the makings of a very interesting and insightful story here, and time will tell if Zombie can make the jump from horror to biographical drama.
