![]() ![]() A neighbour of the Marx family in New York Cityduring the early 1900s remarked: ![]() People who had known the Marx Brothers before they became famous (when they werestill Julius, Adolph, Leonard, Milton and Herbert), even before they entered show business, all agreed that the five brothers never hadto create the characters they played so convincingly on stage, screen, and television -they already were those characters. He didbelieve, however, that all great comedy isbased on character. He felt that humour, like romance and sex, loses its magic if examined too closely: 'If you talk about thosethings, they go away.' When asked why hethought he was funny, he would answersimply, 'I'm a funny-looking jerk'. Groucho Marx seldom ventured any commenton his own comic style. ![]() How did four nice little boys called Julius, Adolph, Leonard and Herbert grow up into the Marx Brothers? Perhaps because they never really were nice little boys. TheMarxBrothers Julius &Adolph &Leonard & Herbert 2. Biography Facts Films Quotes Margaret Dumont Your Comments Old Site ![]()
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