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Marx Brothers, The
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
THE MARX BROTHERS Nationality: American. CHICO. Born: Leonard Marx in New York City, 22 March...later used the name Arthur) Marx in New York City, 23 November...children. GROUCHO. Born: Julius Marx in New York City, 2 October...divorced 1973). A fifth brother, Gummo , born Milton ...
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Marx Brothers
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Marx Brothers a family of American comedians, consisting of the brothers Chico (1886–1961), Harpo (1888–1964), Groucho (1890–1977), and Zeppo (1901–79). Their films, which are characterized...
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A Night at the Opera
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...Comedy, New York, 1951. Crichton, Kyle, The Marx Brothers, New York, 1951. Marx, Arthur, Groucho, New York, 1954. Cahn...the Opera Directed by Sam Wood and Starring the Marx Brothers," in Library Journal (New York), vol. 114...
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Duck Soup
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...New York), 20 November 1976. "Marx Brothers Issue" of Avant-Scè...Aspects of Immigrant Humor in the Marx Brothers Humor," in Literature...Groch, J.R., "What Is a Marx Brother?: Critical Practice, Industrial...
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Mankiewicz, Herman
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...in New York City, 7 November 1897; brother of the writer and director Joseph Mankiewicz...produced four films, including two Marx Brothers comedies; 1939—began association...December 1987. Turan, Kenneth, "The Brothers Mankiewicz: A Gold Touch," in the...
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Lenin (Ulyanov), Vladimir Ilyich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...traditions of Russian literature. An elder brother, Alexander, was executed in 1887 for...materialism, the philosophical theory of Marx and Engels. In preparation for that work...and traveled to London to work, like Marx before him, in the reading room of the...
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Dandridge, Dorothy
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...dance team of Harold and Fayard Nicholas, the Nicholas Brothers. In 1936 The Dandridge Sisters debuted in Hollywood...Broadcast of 1936. They followed it up by appearing in the Marx Brothers classic, A Day at the Races, performing with Ivie...
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Agricola, Georgius
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...d . Chemnizt, Germany [now Karl-Marx-Stadt, German Democratic Republic...son, Hans Georg ’ s favorite brother, who joined Georg at Chemnitz in 1540...ambassador to the emperor and his younger brother Ferdinand, king of Bohemia. For more...
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Freed, Arthur
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...served during World War I as sergeant. Career: Piano player for music publisher, Chicago; later appeared with the Marx Brothers and Gus Edwards in vaudeville; toured in vaudeville, and began writing songs and special material (first hit song...
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Kozintsev, Grigori
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...film, 1924; with Trauberg, prepared film on life of Karl Marx (unrealized), 1939–40. Awards: Stalin Prize...The Cloak ) (co-d with Trauberg) 1927 Bratichka (Little Brother ) (co-d with Trauberg, co-sc); S.V.D. (Soyuz Velikogo...
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