Happy Birthday: Groucho Marx (1890–1977)

Groucho Marx (1890–1977)

Born: October 2, 1890 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 19, 1977 (age 86) in Los Angeles, California, USA

[on Charles Chaplin] The greatest compliment I ever got was from Chaplin. He came up to me and said, “I wish I could talk like you on the screen”. I said, “I think you’re doing alright”. He had made $50 million by that point. He was the best comedian we ever had.

The Cocoanuts 1929 dir. Robert Florey Joseph Santley starring The Marx Bros

Animal Crackers 1930 dir. by Victor Heerman starring The Marx Bros

Monkey Business 1931 dir. by Norman Z. McLeod starring The Marx Bros

Horse Feathers 1932 dir. by Victor Heerman starring The Marx Bros

Duck Soup 1933 dir. by Leo McCarey starring The Marx Bros A Night at the Opera 1935 dir. by Sam Wood starring The Marx Bros At the…