The Marx Brothers - Blog Posts

Every Marx Bros film is like:

-Groucho Marx as: Felix V. Hawktuah (New owner of the LA county fair ) -Chico Marx as: Stromboli (the corrupt lemonade salesman) -Harpo Marx as: Stinky (the lemon collector/part-time Shell game street performer) -Zeppo Marx as: James Richardson (the assistant)

Caricatures of classic comedians by Al Hirschfeld

🎂 Remembering actress/comedian Thelma (Alice) Todd born on July 29th, 1906 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Appeared in 119 feature films and shorts between 1926 thru 1935. She performed opposite; The Marx Brothers, Buster Keaton, Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chase. Thelma was also partnered with Zasu Pitts and later Patsy Kelly in over 30 comedy shorts at Hal Roach Studios. 🎭 🥂🍾

It's funny because if you've seen the Duck Soup mirror scenes, without their individual makeup they look very similar! Chaotic Harpo is my favorite (he has a sort of angelic innocence that surfaces sometimes, especially when he plays the harp)... but I'd have to say Chico's the hottest, with that signature rakish charm.

Chico piano propaganda:

Bonus Chico & Harpo pianigans:

I'm sure Zeppo was funny too, but next to the others, his generic male romantic lead, straight man persona never grabbed me.

In honor of Harpo have you ever done a hottest Marx brothers poll?

hm. no.

for those unfamiliar with the marx brothers, harpo plays bass, groucho does rhythm guitar and piano, chico plays lead, and zeppo plays the drums