Word: harpo
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...others: "Harpo," "Groucbo," "Chico...
...splashing around in it. Hotels, real estate and climate are treated with extreme irreverence. Somewhere in the first act there is a diamond robbery and somewhere in the second a minstrel show. The amazing Marxes contribute scene after scene of rattle-brained revelry. Groucho (with the cigar) and Harpo (he says nothing) are the principal disturbances. Mr. Berlin has contributed two excellent tunes, "A Little Bungalow" and "Florida," and Mr. Harris brilliant masses of costume and scenery. And the result of all this is that for some little time you will probably encounter considerable difficulty in buying tickets...
...presidency after it had been refused by Roscoe Pound, Dean of the Harvard Law School (TIME, Feb. 2). Jokesters said: "Is a franc to be considered as valuable as a pound?" Other Jokesters made quips about offering the presidency to Robert Dollar (shipping man), to Percy Marks (educator), to Harpo, Groucho, Zeppo and Chico Marx, actors...