Word: harpo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that in a taxicab every man behaves like Harpo Marx...
Marriage Revealed. Cinemactor Arthur ("Harpo") Marx, 42, mute member of the four Marx comedians; and Susan Fleming, 31, onetime Follies showgirl; "around Sept. 26"; "somewhere in California or Nevada." Minus his frowzy blond wig, he said he had driven aimlessly with his brunette bride-to-be until he found a justice of the peace, went through the ceremony unrecognized. Upon telegraphing President Roosevelt congratulations, Funnyman Marx explained he had kept his marriage secret until after Nov. 3 "because I didn't want to crowd you off the front page...
...also goes around one week before the election, one week during which she could be saving the American way of life, saying, "Oh, no, I'm not worried about the election. My children keep me too busy for that." It's remarks like that that undermine American democracy. Harpo Marx also plays the harp, but you won't catch him not worrying about the election. Besides, he keeps his mouth shut...
When Pantomimist Arthur ("Harpo") Marx broke a 13-year public silence in San Francisco recently (TIME, Aug. 24), it could not have been over 15 months at the most. Because I heard him speak from the stage of the Paramount Theater in Portland in May, 1935. The Marx Bros, had an act, "A Night at the Opera." "Harpo" surprised us all by making a curtain speech...
...HARPO MARX Culver City, Calif...