Almanac: The Marx Brothers
On March 8, 1959, the three best-known members of the Marx Brothers comedy troupe appeared together on television for the last time.
There were actually five Marx Brothers in all, born in New York City between 1887 and 1901. They were boyhood vaudevillians, with the stage names Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo.
In film after film, the Marx Brothers specialized in slapstick, as well as in wisecracking wordplay:
Groucho Marx and Margaret Dumont in "Duck Soup":
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Story produced by Robert Marston. Editor: David Small.
