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The Marx Brothers were a popular team of siblingcomedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, movie, and television.

Marx brothers age Archived from the original on November 21, The brothers' sketch "Fun in Hi Skule" featured Groucho as a German-accented teacher presiding over a classroom that included students Harpo, Gummo, and Chico. Another brother, Manfred, was born in but died in infancy. Both Groucho's and Harpo's memoirs say that their now-famous on-stage personae were created by Al Shean.

The brothers were Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo.

Early life

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Born in New York City, the Marx Brothers were the sons of Jewishimmigrants from Germany. Their mother, Minnie Schönberg, was from Dornum in East Frisia, and their father Simon Marrix (whose name was changed to Sam Marx, and who was nicknamed "Frenchy") was a native of Alsace, now part of France, and worked as a tailor.^[1] The family lived in the then-poor Yorkville section of New York City's Upper East Side, between the Irish, German and Italian Quarters.

Careers

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The Marx Brothers began as a musical group, during the days of vaudeville theater. They would make jokes, play funny characters, and pretend to get into fights when they performed. In time their antics got them more applause (and work) than their music, and they became a comedy group.

Marx brothers names About New World Encyclopedia. The audience hurried outside to see what was happening, and when they returned, Groucho, infuriated by the interruption, announced "Nacogdoches is full of roaches," and "The jackass is the flower of Tex-ass. Previous Marvin Harris. The Marx brothers movies occupy one of the highest peaks of American film comedy, and representation of zany and highly inventive absurdity was at the center of it.

Music stayed in their act, with the brothers performing in character, but their focus was on getting laughs. Makeup and costumes gave their characters their look. When the brothers were out of costume, they could blend into the audience.

Gummo did not appear in any of the movies. In the movies, each brother played a role that was mostly the same in every movie.

Gummo marx Around this time, Gummo left the group to fight in World War I "Anything is better than being an actor! It deals with income taxes. November 6, Four years later, however, Chico persuaded his brothers to make two additional films, A Night in Casablanca and Love Happy , to alleviate his severe gambling debts.

Groucho was a "wise guy" who had big bushy eyebrows, glasses, and a moustache who smoked a cigar; Chico spoke with an Italian accent and played the piano; Harpo never spoke and played the harp. Zeppo usually played the straight man. He left the group in , and they worked with other actors. Margaret Dumont played the leading lady role in many of their shows.

Harpo marx I kept my money in a 'grouch bag'. Groucho lost a lot of money in , when the stock market collapsed. The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on July 26,

She did not appear to know when a joke was made about her, and this made her role funnier.

The brothers had some good years and some bad years. Groucho lost a lot of money in , when the stock market collapsed. (Years later, he visited the New York Stock Exchange, and drew so much attention that trading stopped for several minutes.

Groucho joked that he came "to get his money's worth" in stopping business.) Chico had a problem with gambling, and lost more money than he won at it.

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Harpo and his wife could not have children of their own, so they adopted enough to have a large family. (When Adolf Hitler took control of Germany in the s, and stories came back about his mistreatment of Jewish people, Harpo legally changed his name from Adolph to Arthur, even though he was better known as Harpo.)

Groucho kept working after his brothers retired.

He hosted a televisionquiz show called You Bet Your Life, which was more liked for Groucho's way of hosting than for the game itself. He made a few movie and television appearances late in his life. He also appeared at Carnegie Hall, telling stories about his life and career, and singing songs from every part of his career.

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A recording of his Carnegie Hall show became a best-seller.

Filmography

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Films with the Four Marx Brothers:

Films with the three Marx Brothers (post-Zeppo):

• A Night at the Opera (), released by MGM
• A Day at the Races (), released by MGM
• Room Service (), released by RKO Radio Pictures
• At the Circus (), released by MGM
• Go West (), released by MGM
• The Big Store (), released by MGM
• A Night in Casablanca (), released by United Artists
• Love Happy (), released by United Artists
• The Story of Mankind (), released by Warner Brothers

Solo endeavors:

• Groucho:
• Harpo:
• Chico:
• Zeppo:

References

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