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Zeppo, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo in “the coconuts” (1929)

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HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT (1941) | dir. Tex Avery

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A mensch by all accounts. Here’s to Arthur "Harpo" Marx (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) ❤️

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The Marx brothers: Harpo, Zeppo, Chico, and Groucho, in Animal Crackers, dressed as musketeers, 1928, at the 44th St. Theater. Book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind. Music & lyrics by Bert Kolmar and Harry Ruby. Costumes by Mabel Johnston. Set by Raymond Sovey.

Margaret Dumont was also in the cast and, in the ensemble, a young dancer named Hermes Pan, who would go on to choreograph many of Fred Astaire's movies. The show ran for 191 performances, which in those days meant it was a great hit.

Photo: Vandamm via the NYPL

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Happy Harpo Day! November 23rd

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Harpo Marx, November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964.

With Gary Cooper and members of the New Zealand Olympic Boxing Team during the making of Norman Z. McLeod’s Horse Feathers (1932).

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Uncommon publicity shot of The Four Marx Brothers on the set of their scene from "The House That Shadows Built," Paramount's 1931 promotional film (shown to exhibitors) celebrating its 20th anniversary.

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Movies and serials starring Charles Middleton aka Ming the Merciless.

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Harpo , Groucho, Chico, and Zeppo making an appearance as Arthur, Julius, Leonard and Herbert ❣️

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Harpo Marx (Night at the Opera, Night in Casablanca, Duck Soup)—While Groucho is better-known, Harpo's physical comedy is SECOND-TO-NONE. The man is a strange mime trapped in the paradigm of early 20th century movies. Every move is a symphony and simultaneously a colony of rats in a human skin suit. LISTEN. You MUST see this man in motion. Every still photo of him looks like a combination of a sad clown and a different, sadder clown, but it's only because he put so much joy in every motion.

Katharine Hepburn (Sylvia Scarlett)— Look, I get that thee Katharine Hepburn might not be the first pick for scrungly little guy, but I deeply believe that she was a scrungly little guy trapped in the body of an astonishingly beautiful woman and that she was clearly having the most fun when she got to show her scrungly side. Additional propaganda: This post [link]

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Harpo Marx:

He's like if a clown was a hobo was also somehow a classically trained harpist, his face is always in some kind of contorted silly shape, feral curly haired ninnymuggins always doing weird things to people  

Harpo is mute in all of the Marx Bros movies and so his body language and facial expressions are SO over the top but he's also got fewer braincells than a goldfish while often being the emotional heart of the Marx Bros and he's just A Guy!!

Every scene with Harpo Marx is a treat! Just like watching a seagull steal a stranger's hotdog at the beach, it is a joy to watch him frustrate the hell out of all the other films' characters! Harpo Marx is the zenith of unhinged in all of his appearances, making any other funny man a straight man by comparison. (A fantastic feat considering he starred in films with his brothers Grouch and Harpo, who sported a shoe polish mustache and questionable Italian accent, respectively). The scrungliness of the little guys he plays come from his guileless, wide-eyed expression, curly blond wig, and the extreme ability to annoy others, despite never saying a word. Is he malicious? Most definitely, but hard to tell because he has a dopey grin on his face most of the time. Communicating through other sounds like honking horns and whistling, he is a force of chaos in every Marx brothers film! Also an accomplished harp player, the beautiful calm moments where Harpo plays juxtapose the zany, making him all the more scrungly. His visual style of comedy is timeless; Duck Soup had me rolling with laughter as a six year old and is still just as funny today.

In my opinion Harpo is the funniest of the Marx brothers because he is so good at slapstick comedy. Since he never speaks in his film appearances his performances are very physical, which contributes a lot to his scrungliness. He was fully committed to being wacky at all times. All of his hilarity is based on him being weird.

He's just a weird little guy who causes chaos everywhere he goes, and then sits down and plays a beautiful harp solo! He steals the show from his very chatty brothers without saying a word, and was surprisingly ripped under that old raincoat

All of the Marx Brothers are Scrungly to a degree, but Harpo is the scrungliest! His outfits are so big he gets lost in them, his pockets are full of everything, and because he never speaks, he always uses physical comedy. Also he's an incredible musician.

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Yvonne De Carlo and Harpo Marx join host Donald O'Connor on a November 1951 episode of “The Colgate Comedy Hour.”

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