Showing posts with label Groucho Marx. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Groucho Marx. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Happy Birthday, Uncle Julie
It's late in the day, but I wanted to commemorate Julius Henry Marx's birthday. Groucho would be 123. Is there any movie moment so great as his "Captain Spaulding" dance?
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Arthur Marx

Arthur Marx, the little boy on Groucho's lap in the photo, died two weeks ago at the age of 89. He was named after Groucho's brother Arthur, also known as Harpo. I first knew of Marx's work as a writer through his two books about his father- Life with Groucho and Son of Groucho. But in addition to some Bob Hope film vehicles and a Broadway play (The Impossible Years, co-written with his frequent partner Robert Fisher), he worked on a lot of TV shows: McHale's Navy, Petticoat Junction, My Three Sons, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and Alice. We recently saw the movie of McHale's Navy, and boy is the original better (not that I've seen it in decades).
Link to the NY Times obituary above.
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Arthur Marx,
Groucho Marx,
Harpo Marx,
TV sitcoms
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