Word: zeppo
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...particularly like. Groucho handles the leering quip with illimitable finesse: ". . . some days I never got to bed at all--in those days a college widow stood for something." Chico, an underrated artist, is a good straight man and a master of the pun: "there ain't no Sanity Clause." Zeppo tries hard, but he's only along for the ride...
...Monkey Business" back in 1931, and the gags are still free of wrinkles. The plot, such as it is, has to do with four stowaways-the Marx Brothers-and how they manage to get off a luxury liner. The entire film is a chase, with Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo in front and the captain and his crew behind. The running stops from time to time to allow for the situations, which are about as hilarious as anything the four zanies have ever done...
Harpo, who is somewhat restrained in this flicker, has one or two excellent scenes. His pantomimic ability reaches its zenith in a sequence with Punch and Judy. Chico and Zeppo distribute themselves capably, though their comic action hardly approaches that of their more gifted brothers...
...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...