The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949. Five...
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"Zeppo" Marx (February 25, 1901 – November 30, 1979) was an American comedic actor. He was the youngest, and last survivor, of the five Marx Brothers. He...
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America's greatest comedians. Marx made 13 feature films as a team with his brothers, who performed under the name the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third...
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and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harpo's comic style was...
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manager of the Marx Brothers after their mother, Minnie, died in 1929. As manager, he negotiated with the studios to get the brothers a percentage of...
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agent. He was the second youngest of the five Marx Brothers. Born in Manhattan, he worked with his brothers on the vaudeville circuit, leaving the act when...
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Samuel Simon Marx (born Simon Marx; October 23, 1859 – May 10, 1933) was the father of the American entertainers known as the Marx Brothers, stars of vaudeville...
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Minnie Marx (born Miene Schönberg, 9 November 1864 – 13 September 1929) was the mother and manager of the Marx Brothers, a family of top-billed vaudevillians...
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Brotherhood of Saint Mark (redirect from Marx brothers (fencing))
The Brotherhood of Saint Mark (German: Marxbrüder, Marx brothers) was the name of the most important organization of German swordsmen in the 16th century...
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Duck Soup (1933 film) (redirect from Duck Soup (Marx Brothers))
Released by Paramount Pictures on November 17, 1933, it stars the four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo in his final film appearance) and...
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Margaret Dumont (category Marx Brothers)
as the comic foil to the Marx Brothers in seven of their films; Groucho Marx called her "practically the fifth Marx brother." Dumont was born Daisy Juliette...
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Kerry Alan Marx is an American guitarist and studio musician who has served as Music Director of the Grand Ole Opry since 2018. He is best known for his...
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Life. She also appeared in several Marx Brothers documentaries. In her 1992 book, Love Groucho: Letters from Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam, she detailed...
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Half Men in 2007. Gregg Marx is a grandson of Gummo Marx of the Marx Brothers. BWW News Desk (September 28, 2011). "Gregg Marx Appears October 9th in Palm...
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Counting-out game (section Marx Brothers)
potato Ink-a-dink Akka bakka bonka rakka En Den Dino A scene in the Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup plays on the fact that counting-out games are not really...
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A Night at the Opera (film) (category Marx Brothers (film series))
A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico), and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones,...
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Horse Feathers (category Marx Brothers (film series))
is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film starring the Marx Brothers. It stars the Four Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo), Thelma Todd and...
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uncle of the Marx Brothers (Leonard Joseph "Chico" Marx, Adolph (Arthur) "Harpo" Marx, Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx, Milton "Gummo" Marx and Herbert Manfred...
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Animal Crackers (1930 film) (category Marx Brothers (film series))
Crackers is a 1930 American pre-Code Marx Brothers comedy film directed by Victor Heerman. The film stars the Marx Brothers, (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo)...
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the family moved to Southern California, where the Marx Brothers continued their film careers. Marx was a nationally ranked tennis player before he was...
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A Night in Casablanca (category Marx Brothers (film series))
1946 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, and Chico). The screenplay was written by Joseph Fields...
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Herbert Marx may refer to: Herbert Manfred Marx, known as Zeppo Marx, member of The Marx Brothers Herbert Marx (politician) (1932–2020), Canadian politician...
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The Cocoanuts (category Marx Brothers (film series))
The Cocoanuts is a 1929 pre-Code musical comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and Zeppo). Produced for Paramount Pictures by...
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Mesa, California, Weide decided to produce a documentary film on the Marx Brothers, inspired by his love of their work. Undeterred by repeated rejections...
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Captain Spaulding (redirect from Captain Spaulding (Marx Brothers))
of the same name. He was originally played by actor Groucho Marx, one of the Marx Brothers, in both productions. Despite his middle name being Edgar, he...
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remembered today as the male romantic lead actor in the first two films the Marx Brothers starred in for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, A Night at the Opera (1935) and...
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Marx may also refer to: Marx (surname), list of people with the surname Marx Marx (given name), people named Marx The Marx Brothers, an American family comedy...
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A Day at the Races (film) (category Marx Brothers (film series))
Races is a 1937 American comedy film, and the seventh film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico), with Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan and...
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Brain Donors (category Cultural depictions of the Marx Brothers)
loosely based on the Marx Brothers comedies A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races (the first two films the Marx Brothers made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer...
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United States in the 19th century, and later popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup where it was the name of the fictional country in which...
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