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    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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    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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    Skule". The Marx Brothers performed variations on this routine for the next seven years.[citation needed] For a time in Vaudeville, all the brothers performed...
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    "Chico" Marx (/ˈtʃɪkoʊ/; March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961) was an American comedian, actor and pianist. He was the oldest brother in the Marx Brothers comedy...
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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 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • Monkey Business (1931 film) (category Marx Brothers (film series))
    Business is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy film. It is the third of the Marx Brothers' released movies (Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo), and the first with...
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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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  • brothers: Chico Marx (1887–1961), also a musician Harpo Marx (1888–1964), also a musician Groucho Marx (1890–1977) Gummo Marx (1892–1977) Zeppo Marx (1901–1979)...
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  • Wit and Verse.". Groucho Marx played a major role in Sheekman's life. The two men met in the fall of 1926 when The Marx Brothers came to Chicago on tour...
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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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    Karl and the Marx Brothers is an English indie folk group from Derby, England. In 2013, they released their debut album Angry Folk on Furthest From The...
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  • Love Happy (category Marx Brothers (film series))
    released by United Artists, directed by David Miller and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) in their 13th and final feature film, as...
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  • The House That Shadows Built (category Marx Brothers)
    known for a six-minute segment starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx and Zeppo Marx), with Ben Taggart playing Mr. Lee, Theatrical...
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