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Sonntag Morgen mit dem 14-jährigen Marx Brothers in der Oper schauen und gemeinsam lachen - sehr empfehlenswert! 
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L'humanité mourra dans l'ambiance cacophonique et bordélique d'un film des #MarxBrothers
C'est génialissiment dérisoire !
From my archives. Holland as the "Tattooed Lady" at the Club Charles Baltimore. Holland was among the gorgeous barmaids who would cosplay for theme nights at the club. Photo reference & Ink illustration 2008. Would be fun to work up a full color version sometime. #baltimore #tattoos #tattoodesign #tatouage #tattoo #ink #penandinkdrawing #illustration #inkdrawing #cosplay #cosplayer #portraiture #portraits #nightclub #danceparty #vintageburlesque #burlesque #pixelfedart #performanceart #costume #vintage #circus #grouchomarx #tattooedwomen #marxbrothers #marxbros
Last night I watched The Marx Brothers - One Night in Casablanca (1946) which... wasn't great. However, what immediately made me set my phone aside and lean forward were the musical performances by Chico and Harpo. I didn't grow up with the Marx Brothers and didn't know that they were each excellent musicians. That lead me down a rabbit hole and I'm enjoying some amazing virtuosity that still is entertaining today.
15 minutes of seriousness to go, and then it's time for #Comedon.
Today's the day for the first #Comedon online viewing party. Why Duck Soup, the Marx Brothers' 1933 pre-code political satire? So many reasons, but here's three:
1. Groucho Marx as the leader of Freedonia
2. The song "The Laws of My Administration"
3. Mussolini banned it in Italy
Today at 18:00 (6:00PM) Pacific Time/GMT+8
CW: Unsurprisingly, some of what was funny in 1933 is problematic now. I think we can acknowledge that and even talk about it without losing track of the parts that are still funny (and maybe a bit more relevant than they should be). Sex, gender, ethnicity, appearance, and war are all grist for jokes. One scene in particular makes a satirical metaphor out of what audiences would have recognized as minstrel show content without blackface.
Here's a link to watch the film for free on the Internet Archive and it can also be found on several paid streaming platforms.
Friday, January 17th, 7:30pm
Continuing our new program of monthly Friday night talkie shows in collaboration with the Odyssey Film Institute:
THE COCOANUTS (1929) During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.
Preceded by a vintage short and trailers!
All on 16mm film!
The Cocoanuts (1929) - Marx Brothers
https://vod.newellijay.tv/videos/watch/6509507a-6497-4f93-aa98-436ba5c3f6a8
#Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2025 is #PublicDomainDay: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924!
In film, #MickeyMouse speaks his first words, the #MarxBrothers star in their first feature film…From #comic strips, the original #Popeye and #Tintin characters will enter the #PublicDomain.
#copyright
web.law.duke.eduPublic Domain Day 2025 | Duke University School of LawTweet January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle Directors, Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US law; the copyright terms in other countries are different.[1] On January 1, 2025, thousands of copyrighted works from 1929 will enter the US public domain, along with sound recordings from 1924.
One of the #PublicDomainDay gifts to the world about which I'm most excited this year is 1929's "The Cocoanuts," the first cinematic outing of the #MarxBrothers
Dig the famous Florida land auction bit, the "why a duck?" exchange, and the Marx characters themselves. (CW: 1920s attitudes, one glaring ethnic slur, and some of the drearier non-Marx musical numbers in their canon.)
https://archive.org/details/the-cocoanuts_1929
I'm over the moon about my favorite old comedy team's much-delayed entry into the Public Domain, and included with this film is the Marxes' basic characters which remained pretty consistent over the course of their work. I'm excited not only to share this film, but to see what creative folks can do with it going forward.
The Cocoanuts (1929) (first Marx Brothers sound film)
https://fedi.video/videos/watch/fe6a718a-2f3b-4239-922f-1c131afa40e5
Hail, Hail, Freedonian! Our annual New Year's celebration of the Marx Brothers is on! We're making Freedonian fezzes all week as we watch every Marx Bros. film.
You have until Saturday to order yours at Fez-o-rama.com
“That’s on every contract. It’s called a sanity clause.” - Groucho
“Haha you can’t fool me, there ain’t no Santity Clause” - Chico
Someone reminded me that Duck Soup was released on this very day, November 17, back in 1933. The amazing mirror scene still reduces me to gales of laughter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0aLg&ab_channel=Movieclips
#film #films #movie #movies #ClassicFilm #1930sFilm #Comedy #MarxBrothers #DuckSoup #Mirror #1933
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935) and A DAY AT THE RACES (1937) are on Tubi if you'd like to celebrate Allan Jones's b'day.
He was a better Zeppo than Zeppo.
Il 2 ottobre 1890 nasceva Julius Henry Marx, noto al mondo come Groucho. I suoi leggendari baffi? Erano finti
https://www.lasinistraquotidiana.it/anarchia-a-hollywoood/
I just read one of the greatest stories in a while. An encounter between Harpo Marx and Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1931. As a huge fan of both, I have to say, this is a most unlikely encounter.
http://www.wordspring.co.uk/whos-louder-harpo-marx-or-sergei-rachmaninoff/
Wordspring · Who's louder, Harpo Marx or Sergei Rachmaninoff? | WordspringHave you heard the story of the musical duel between Harpo Marx and Sergei Rachmaninoff? It happened in a hedonistic Hollywood retreat, 1931.
Groucho Marx explains to his unpaid workers how capitalism works, in The Cocaonuts (1929):
"Wages? You wanna be wage slaves, answer me that? No, of course not! But what makes wage slaves? WAGES! I want you to be FREE! Remember there's nothing like Liberty! (Except Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post.) Be free, my friends! One for all, and all for me! And me for you, and three for five, and six for a quarter!"
