Zeppo also acted as an understudy to all three of his brothers, and he has been said to have played Grouchos part better than Groucho himself. Vintage original 8 x 10 (20 x 25 cm.) black and white single weight glossy silver gelatin. The youngest of The Marx Brothers, Zeppo was put into the role of the straight man after his brother Gummo left the act.
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Finance ministers, as you might expect, came and went rapidly.Īnd every time a new one got sworn in, long lines would form at one particular movie theater in Buenos Aires. DUCK SOUP WITH THE FOUR MARX BROTHERS FINAL SCENE (1933). In late-'70s Argentina, for instance, a military dictatorship wrecked the country's economy, deregulating banks and industry, watching living standards decline, and borrowing at high interest rates to create a record foreign debt.
And later audiences confronting similar situations have gotten it too. The Depression-era writers of Duck Soup could joke about this stuff because after three years of economic crisis, every member of the audience would get the joke. Posing as a peanut vendor, Chicolini gains the attention of Firefly, who calls him into his office. The Setup: Chicolini (Chico) has been employed by Trentino (Louis Calhern), along with Pinky (Harpo) to spy on Firefly (Groucho). (And then, in an aside to his private secretary: "Run out and find me a 4-year-old child I can't make head or tail out of it.") Home Movies Duck Soup Scene: Secretary Of War. "A 4-year-old child could understand this," he says of a treasury report. Once in office, of course, he isn't all that clear on how an economy works. He tries to borrow $20 million from a foreign leader rebuffed, he's willing to settle for $12.īut despite all that - and a promise to raise taxes - he proves hugely popular. Told that workers want shorter hours, he suggests shortening their lunch hours to 20 minutes. Now, Firefly's programs are a little dicey. Her candidate? A guy with a painted-on mustache named Rufus T. Teasdale insists on regime change before she'll help. (That would be more than $330 million in today's dollars.) And why? Because the deeply unpopular government of Freedonia wants to cut taxes. Teasdale, a wealthy widow who has already lent money to the fictional republic of Freedonia, is being hit up again for an additional $20 million. And this week, that territory feels pretty familiar: I hadn't remembered until I saw it again that Duck Soup, made in 1933 at the height of the Great Depression, begins with talk of an economic bailout. Groucho, Chico, Harpo and Zeppo promoted comic anarchy, not the political kind.īut at least one Marx Brothers movie - Duck Soup - skates through some economic territory their Marxist namesake would recognize. The Marx Brothers and Karl Marx have very little in common except that last name. Firefly: Groucho gavels a cabinet meeting to order.
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