#marx brothers

[ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos]

#Marx Brothers #Harpo Marx #Harpo #The Big Store #gif

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Marx Brothers left vaudeville and stepped up to the legitimate theater in 1924 with a show called I'll Say She Is. Unlike their subsequent shows such as Animal Crackers and The Cocoanuts, it was never turned into a movie, although one historian has said that "Every Marx Brothers film contains material and situations that can be traced back to I'll Say She Is." Groucho called it "probably the funniest show we ever did."

I'll Say She Is toured for a year and a half before arriving on Broadway in May, 1924. No one expected it to succeed; the Broadway engagement was just a sop to the brothers, who had been threatening to leave the show unless it went to New York.

But the critics loved it. "It is a bright-colored and vehement setting for the goings-on of those talented cutups, the Four Marx Brothers," wrote Alexander Woollcott in the New York Sun, who went on to single out Harpo for special praise.

Maybe it was being on Broadway that led the brothers to bill themselves, in the program, as Herbert, Leonard, Julius H., and Arthur Marx. Not that anyone was fooled.

The show ran for 313 performances, which was excellent for the time. The brothers were lionized by New York society, and Harpo was invited to join the Algonquin Round Table.

Above: Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo, and Chico, with Lotta Miles, in the sketch called "Napoleon's First Waterloo," in which Groucho played Boney. Source: illsaysheis.com

Below: a handbill from the performance of November 17, 1924. Source: NYPL

#vintage New York #1920s #Marx Brothers #I'll Say She Is #Lotta Miles #Alexander Woollcott #Algonquin Round Table #vintage Broadway #Nov. 17 #17 Nov.

[davidhudson]

Harpo Marx, November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964.

#harpo marx #marx brothers #cinema #film #movies

[secretceremonies]

Bette Davis as Groucho Marx at the Hollywood Canteen

One of the founders of the Hollywood Canteen, actress Bette Davis, is one of its most indefatigable workers and persevering performers. Bette appears almost nightly for the service men. But the distinguished actresses' appearances are hardly dignified, nor even glamorous. Twice awarded Oscars for fine acting, Bette stoops to captivate her G.I. audiences with a hilarious takeoff on Groucho Marx. Here's Bette Acquiring the Marxian eyebrows and moustache at the hands of Perc Westmore, makeup expert.

#bette davis #groucho marx #marx brothers #1940s #40s #1942 #(I think) #old hollywood #old movies #old films #black and white #makeup #jules!

[friendlessghoul]

Buster Keaton (writer, uncredited), Groucho Marx, and Chico Marx during the making of "At the Circus" (1939) 

#buster keaton #1930s #1910s #1920s #1920s hollywood #silent film #silent comedy #silent cinema #silent era #silent movies #pre code #pre code hollywood #pre code film #pre code era #pre code movies #damfino #damfinos #vintage hollywood #black and white #buster edit #old hollywood #slapstick #marx brothers #groucho marx #chico marx #at the circus #1939

[legendarytragedynacho]

Marilyn Monroe and Groucho Marx - Love Happy (1949 film)

#marilyn monroe #groucho marx #actress #actor #beauty #comedian #yesterday star #movie star #movies #comedy #vintage movies #vintage star #marx brothers

[nitronine]

#I’m so high rn ik this makes no sense whatever #the Marx brothers #Marx brothers #Chico Marx #Groucho marx #harpo marx #Zeppo marx

[coolthingsguyslike]

#Groucho Marx #1977 #comedy #Marx brothers #Hirschfeld

[citizenscreen]

Remembering Leonard "Chico" Marx, born on March 22, 1887 #botd

#chico marx #marx brothers #old hollywood

[acmeoop]

And… Trick or Treat! “Fear And Laughter In Burbank” (2020)

#20s #amblin #warner bros #hulu #hbo max #animaniacs #reboot #gif #warner siblings #marx brothers #cosplay #costumes #halloween #trick or treat #katie rice

[ensalada-de-lengua-de-pajaritos]

Unmute the loop!

#Marx Brothers #Chico #Chico Marx #At the Circus #piano #polk #audio loop #video loop #loop

[gacougnol]

ᴰᵘᶜᵏ ˢᵒᵘᵖ ᴹᵃʳˣ ᴮʳᵒᵗʰᵉʳˢ

#groucho marx #marx brothers

[davidhudson]

Chico Marx, March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961.

#chico marx #marx brothers #comedy #cinema #film #movies #hollywood

[thepopculturearchivist]

JUDGE, March 6, 1926

#judge magazine #1920s #marx brothers #groucho marx #harpo marx #karl marx #marxism #1926

[driveintheaterofthemind]

On The Set - Duck Soup (1933)

Chico Marx, Wife Betty And Daughter Maxine At Paramount Studios During The Filming Of Duck Soup

#Film #Marx Brothers #Chico Marx #Duck Soup #Paramount Pictures #Paramount #On The Set #Behind The Scenes #Photography #1933 #1930s #30s

[victusinveritas]

Harpo Marx and Salvador Dalí with a harp, strung with barbed wire, that Dalí gifted Harpo.

#salvador dali #harpo marx #marx brothers #1930s