Word: harpo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After I was run out of Guatemala, I met two other fellows, named, I believe, Harpo and Chico. After considerable bickering, they convinced me that America, softened up by an excess of rationing, could be persuaded to swallow another dose of Casablanca-this one to be called A Night in Casablanca...
Well, we made the picture and that's that. The point is that Harpo and Chico are brothers but they are both strangers to me. And, as for Sam Marx of M-G-M who reluctantly confesses to being their cousin-well, he's slightly mistaken. The fact of the matter is, he happens to be their joint child by a former marriage...
...your March 4 issue, you reported . . . that Sam Marx is no relation to Karl, Groucho, Harpo, Chico or Zeppo. You may be right about Karl, but I have it on good authority from my father (Groucho) that he and his four brothers (you left out Gummo) are Sam's second cousins. Up until now tht Marx family has declined to release this valuable information, because: 1) Sam is very touchy on the subject and likes people to think he comes from an austere, strait-laced family; and 2) the Marx Brothers don't want it to get around...
...relation to Karl, Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Zeppo...
...Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and--this'll kill ya-Zeppo) are some of the craziest foxes and dreamiest departments and funniest men on twelve wheels. Some people don't realize how long ago they started pounding off the drivel on the celluloid reels, but Boston's favorite underground theatre, mentioned above, has come up with the evidence. Make that gruesome evidence...