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hotvintagepoll · 2 months

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Margaret Dumont (Duck Soup, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races)—Margaret Dumont is remembered for being the "straight woman" in most of the Marx Brothers films. She was tall, elegant and imposing, and always stayed classy, whatever antics the Marx Brothers got up to around her. Groucho was shorter than her, and the image of this short guy flirting outrageously with a beautiful tall woman is classic and delightful (even if he also insulted her constantly). She said in an interview that she took great care with her reactions as a straight woman, to enhance the comedy: "Scriptwriters build up to a laugh but they don't allow any pause for it. That's where I come in. I ad lib—it doesn't matter what I say—just to kill a few seconds so you can enjoy the gag. I have to sense when the big laughs will come and fill in, or the audience will drown out the next gag with its own laughter. ... I'm not a stooge, I'm a straight lady. There's an art to playing straight. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs from him." An additional note for Discworld fans: if she was around now she would be the ideal actress to play Sybil Vimes.

Marie Dressler (Dinner at Eight)—gotta share this bit from wikipedia: "While working on two films with Wallace Beery, Tugboat Annie and Min and Bill, she refused to take nonsense from the notorious 'son of a bitch.' In response to one of Beery's insults, she said, 'look you silly shit, you pull one more thing like that on me and I'll have your head. On a platter. And not an expensive platter. A little, cheap, lousy, wooden platter. Like John the Baptist. With a personal note to L.B. Mayer.'"

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Margaret Dumont:

The underrated best comedic foil from this era of comedy films, she's in seven of the Marx Brothers films as the leading lady and she is so hilarious in every one.

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citizenscreen · 5 months

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Leo McCarey’s DUCK SOUP, starring the four Marx Brothers, hit theaters across the U.S. 90 years ago today. #OnThisDay

#duck soup #the marx brothers #old hollywood #margaret dumont #leo mccarey

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misterlemonztenth · 2 months

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02-24-24 | Margaret Dumont was a perfect foil for Groucho. She didn't understand his sense of humor. misterlemonztenth.tumblr.com/archive

#misterlemonztenth #original post #digital art #popular #humor #shade #groucho marx #margaret dumont #donald trump

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thewynne · 6 months

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People say Margaret Dumont never understood the Marx brothers' jokes but you can literally see her trying not to crack up half the time. She's just a better straight woman than you, get over it.

#the misogyny!#margaret dumont #marx brothers

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fashioninpaper · 9 months

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The Marx Brother by Tom Tierney, published in his book “Thirty from the Thirties”.

#paper dolls #tom tierney #marx brothers #Groucho Chico Harpo #margaret dumont

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gurumog · 2 years

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The Marx Brothers in Animal Crackers (1930) Paramount Pictures Dir. Victor Heerman

Groucho Marx as Captain Spaulding

#animal krackers #groucho marx #zeppo marx #marx brothers #margaret dumont #1930s comedy #marx bros

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maudeboggins · 7 months

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margaret dumont in duck soup is it just me or is she kind of hot?

#duck soup #margaret dumont

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 8 months

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#At the Circus #Groucho Marx #Chico Marx #Harpo Marx #Kenny Baker #Florence Rice #Eve Arden #Margaret Dumont #Nat Pendleton #Edward Buzzell #1939

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gatutor · 1 year

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Margaret Dumont-Groucho Marx "Sopa de gansos" (Duck soup) 1933, de Leo McCarey.

#Margaret Dumont #Groucho Marx #Leo McCarey

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balu8 · 1 year

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Jordi Bernet: Margaret and Groucho

#jordi bernet #groucho marx #margaret dumont

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hotvintagepoll · 1 month

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Margaret Dumont (Duck Soup, A Night At The Opera, A Day At The Races)—Margaret Dumont is remembered for being the "straight woman" in most of the Marx Brothers films. She was tall, elegant and imposing, and always stayed classy, whatever antics the Marx Brothers got up to around her. Groucho was shorter than her, and the image of this short guy flirting outrageously with a beautiful tall woman is classic and delightful (even if he also insulted her constantly). She said in an interview that she took great care with her reactions as a straight woman, to enhance the comedy: "Scriptwriters build up to a laugh but they don't allow any pause for it. That's where I come in. I ad lib—it doesn't matter what I say—just to kill a few seconds so you can enjoy the gag. I have to sense when the big laughs will come and fill in, or the audience will drown out the next gag with its own laughter. ... I'm not a stooge, I'm a straight lady. There's an art to playing straight. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs from him." An additional note for Discworld fans: if she was around now she would be the ideal actress to play Sybil Vimes.

Tallulah Bankhead (Lifeboat, Devil and the Deep, The Cheat)— Fierce, outspoken, uninhibited, and witty. An amazing actress who strongly supported civil rights and was unashamed of her sexuality.

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

[additional propaganda submitted under the cut.]

Margaret Dumont:

The underrated best comedic foil from this era of comedy films, she's in seven of the Marx Brothers films as the leading lady and she is so hilarious in every one.