After the group essentially disbanded in 1950, Groucho went on to a successful second career in television, while Harpo and Chico appeared less prominently. The core of the act was the three elder brothers: Chico, Harpo, and Groucho, each of whom developed a highly distinctive stage persona. There was a sixth brother, the first born, named Manfred (Mannie), who died in infancy Zeppo was given the middle name Manfred in his memory. The brothers are almost universally known by their stage names: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo, and Zeppo. 100 Stars list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classical Hollywood cinema, the only performers to be inducted collectively. The brothers were included in AFI's 100 Years. They are widely considered by critics, scholars and fans to be among the greatest and most influential comedians of the 20th century. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the American Film Institute (AFI) as among the top 100 comedy films, with two of them, Duck Soup (1933) and A Night at the Opera (1935), in the top fifteen. You guys are so entertaining- and informative.The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Nice job Dave, working in “The Kid From Spain” again! Kudos! (but wait… no Wheeler and Woolsey?) Clever lines, but the song exhorts the employees to sing, but Chopin’s and Verdi’s music did not have lyrics–what were they supposed to sing? “Sing While you Sell” – I agree, great dancing by Groucho, but two lines have always bothered me… “You’ll sell no pan without Chopin” and a later reference to Verdi. However, the repeated stomping grapes dance he does every time he tried to calm Guiseppe was too much. I disagree with Ian’s take that Chico saying he knew Guiseppe from stomping the grapes in Naples somehow diminished the magic of his character… It was kind of cute and fine. I loved Virginia O’Brien’s mesmerized– and mesmerizing performance. Thanks for the mention of “Million Dollar Legs” and Harpo’s wife Susan–Huzzah! Like Dave, I don’t remember seeing the opening scenes either– but I do remember seeing stills from them.Īt the opening of the Sidecast, you read Groucho’s retirement statement, in which he describes Chico’s character chasing the girls… perhaps he was mixing Chico’s real-life habit as a womanizer with his screen character? I watched again last night in anticipation of this Full Marx Sidecast (eh Dave!). Great analysis of The Big Store! I hadn’t seen it in 20 years, but I’ve read a lot of opinions and comments about by others over the years.
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