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Word: harpo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Playhouse 90 (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., CBS). Snowshoes, with Harpo Marx...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Jan. 7, 1957 | 1/7/1957 | See Source »

Marx Approach. Von Karman never married, but this does not mean that he ignored women. At parties, explains a Caltech professor, he always took "the Harpo Marx approach. He'd walk into a room, glance around for the most attractive woman in the place and make a beeline for her." When he got there, his Hungarian charm took effect. (His favorite definition of a Hungarian: "A man who goes into a revolving door behind you and comes out ahead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Absent-Minded Professor | 5/21/1956 | See Source »

Martha Raye Show (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). With Jean Pierre Aumont, Harpo Marx, Risë Stevens, Rocky Graziano...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Program Preview, Apr. 16, 1956 | 4/16/1956 | See Source »

Room Service is corny, contrived, and very funny. Most of the fun comes from the Marx Brothers who, although they are not at their best in this 1938 classic, are still great. Even the most sophisticated viewer will laugh at the subtle commentaries of Groucho's moustache and eyebrows. Harpo's silent humor is pantomime comparable to Chaplin's and Chico is always lovable and sometimes hilarious...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: Room Service | 1/23/1956 | See Source »

Colgate Comedy Hour (Sun. 8 p.m., NBC). Harpo Marx, Anna Maria Alber-ghetti, Ray Middleton, Ilona Massey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADIO: Program Preview, Oct. 25, 1954 | 10/25/1954 | See Source »

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