tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post3094037455764292588..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Best Actor Of 1932-33 (Comedy/Musical): The Marx Brothers (Horse Feathers and Duck Soup), Part TwoMythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-29877282080522985952010-08-28T18:00:01.283-04:002010-08-28T18:00:01.283-04:00Ah, the old song and dance in the opium den. Pffft...Ah, the old song and dance in the opium den. Pfffttt.<br /><br />By the way, Harpo looks rather dashing there. Beep, beep.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903678715925613725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-72055631032334793562010-08-26T16:41:03.043-04:002010-08-26T16:41:03.043-04:00Thanks for the link, David!
If you haven't vi...Thanks for the link, David!<br /><br />If you haven't visited David's site, "The Marx Brothers," you really should. The specific link he's provided has photos of the brothers and their wives for their passport applications. The picture of Groucho wearing round-frame sunglasses, like some sort of 1920s John Lennon, is a must-see.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-28708996209840434452010-08-26T03:58:43.298-04:002010-08-26T03:58:43.298-04:00Very interesting article. I found the brothers'...Very interesting article. I found the brothers' passport applications for the fateful trip to England. They can be seen <a href="http://minniesboys.blogspot.com/2009/05/passports.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006644312781883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-25127209766039854262010-08-25T15:09:47.854-04:002010-08-25T15:09:47.854-04:00I think the Waldrop story might be worth a quick b...I think the Waldrop story might be worth a quick blog post in and of itself! Maybe I can knock one off this evening ...<br /><br /><i>Say, who's the brunette sitting under Harpo in that last picture? What a looker!</i><br /><br />That's none other than Dorothy Parker, she of the Algonquin round table, author of numerous short stories and poems, Oscar nominee for the screenplays to <i>A Star Is Born</i> (1937) and <i>Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman</i>, as well as originator of such bon mots as "If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised" and "I like to have a martini,/Two at the very most./After three I'm under the table,/after four I'm under my host."<br /><br />Love that Dorothy Parker.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-75243320729184145902010-08-25T14:53:14.529-04:002010-08-25T14:53:14.529-04:00I second the Waldrop recommendation.
Say, who'...I second the Waldrop recommendation.<br /><br />Say, who's the brunette sitting under Harpo in that last picture? What a looker!Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-50348007216669602452010-08-25T12:38:41.887-04:002010-08-25T12:38:41.887-04:00Thank you, MM, for another fine Marx Bros. post. A...Thank you, MM, for another fine Marx Bros. post. Always happy to revisit their history, and once again you've put me in the mood to reach for the Paramount-era films on DVD. <br /><br />Before you leave their vaudeville era entirely, I'd like to point you to a story by Howard Waldrop. If you don't know Howard's work, he's best known for his seriocomic, meticulously researched "alternate history" stories. Hugo Award winner, etc. And he has a passion for vintage movies and comedy. (Try to find his early story, "Save A Place In The Lifeboat For Me," for all kinds of Marxian mashup.)<br /><br />His 2005 story, "The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode in On)," is an oral history of the Marx Brothers (and assorted more subtle name-drops) in their vaudeville days coming *this* close to nabbing the Holy Grail in a soup kitchen. The local color of the vaudeville setting is impeccable, and the tale is narrated by Manfred "Mannie" Marx, who in our real history was the first-born Marx child who died before his first year.<br /><br />Worth a look for a Marx aficionado. <br /><br />It's at: http://www.lexal.net/scifi/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/waldrop7/index.htmlMark Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08526985183358108540noreply@blogger.com