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An Evening With Groucho
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Groucho's Father was Sam Marx.
His father was Simon "Sam" Marx, who changed his name from Marrix, and was called "Frenchie" by his sons throughout his life, because he and his family came from Alsace in France.
"Minnie met Simon at a dance. They got married in 1885. Simon was was a dancing teacher but later became a tailor, although not a very good one. His hidden talent was cooking, and he often bribed a landlord to wait for the rent with a meal. Minnie died in New York on 14 September 1929. When the Brothers moved to Hollywood, Sam followed them. Sam can been seen in the film "Monkey Business". He sitting on top of a stack of luggage on the pier and waving to the ship. Sam died in Los Angeles on 10 May 1933."
His father was Simon "Sam" Marx, who changed his name from Marrix, and was called "Frenchie" by his sons throughout his life, because he and his family came from Alsace in France.
"Minnie met Simon at a dance. They got married in 1885. Simon was was a dancing teacher but later became a tailor, although not a very good one. His hidden talent was cooking, and he often bribed a landlord to wait for the rent with a meal. Minnie died in New York on 14 September 1929. When the Brothers moved to Hollywood, Sam followed them. Sam can been seen in the film "Monkey Business". He sitting on top of a stack of luggage on the pier and waving to the ship. Sam died in Los Angeles on 10 May 1933."
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How a Lost Marx Brothers Musical Found Its Way Back Onstage
Matt Walters, Matt Roper, Noah Diamond, and Seth Shelden are Zeppo, Chico, Groucho, and Harpo in a new revival of the Marx Brothers’ lost musical, “I’ll Say She Is.”Photograph by Mark X. Hopkins. Courtesy Gimme a Thrill Productions
Matt Walters, Matt Roper, Noah Diamond, and Seth Shelden are Zeppo, Chico, Groucho, and Harpo in a new revival of the Marx Brothers’ lost musical, “I’ll Say She Is.”Photograph by Mark X. Hopkins. Courtesy Gimme a Thrill Productions
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The brothers without makeup
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There is going to be a Marx Brothers movie marathon on Friday, June 5th on the Turner Classic Movies channel. Here it starts at 8 pm, but may differ in your locale. Four classics - "Monkey Business", "Horse Feathers", "Animal Crackers" and "Duck Soup" will be aired.
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How Groucho Marx fell prey to elder abuse (LINK)
"In the 1932 Marx Brothers film “Horse Feathers,” Groucho played Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the president of the fictional Huxley College. In the opening number, he famously sang out: “Whatever it is, I’m against it.”"
"But it is highly doubtful that Groucho Marx would be against the campaign to protect the health and welfare of our senior citizens. We need to know more and do more about this growing problem. A good place to start is expert legal and medical advice on estate planning and the creation of a living will so that your wishes regarding not only your assets but also what you desire in terms of end-of-life issues can be honored."
"In the 1932 Marx Brothers film “Horse Feathers,” Groucho played Professor Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the president of the fictional Huxley College. In the opening number, he famously sang out: “Whatever it is, I’m against it.”"
"But it is highly doubtful that Groucho Marx would be against the campaign to protect the health and welfare of our senior citizens. We need to know more and do more about this growing problem. A good place to start is expert legal and medical advice on estate planning and the creation of a living will so that your wishes regarding not only your assets but also what you desire in terms of end-of-life issues can be honored."
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Groucho disturbed by crazy eyed guest - Rare clip from You Bet Your Life (May 12, 1955)
Probably the funniest interview Groucho ever did, with Groucho finding a perfect foil in the crazy-eyed Albert Hall. Groucho spends most of the interview pretending to be scared for his life. Absolutely classic--
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The show opened in late September 1918 in Grand Rapids, Michigan (although Charlotte Chandler says in her book Hello I Must Be Going that the show "opened and closed in Battle Creek, Michigan"). This was during the Spanish influenza epidemic and since local health regulations allowed the theaters to sell only every other seat and every other row there was no chance whatever of merely breaking even at the box office. The premiere was awful and at the beginning of the second act, Groucho stepped forward and said: "Folks, that first act wasn't so good. We're gonna ad-lib from now on." In The Marx Brothers Scrapbook by Groucho Marx and Richard Anobile, Groucho said it "was a terrible act and we realized that we couldn't play it successfully".
https://www.marx-brothers.org/marxology/cinder.htm
