*MARX BROTHERS: HARPO & CHICO MARX RARE 1949 LONDON PALLADIUM STAGE PROGRAM*

Description

A rare original June 1949 stage program for Harpo and Chico Marx appearing live at the London Palladium. Twelve pages. Dimensions eight and a quarter by five inches. Light wear otherwise good. See the Marx Brothers extraordinary biography below.
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From Wikipedia
The
Marx Brothers
were a family comedy act that was successful in
vaudeville
, on
Broadway
, and in
motion pictures
from 1905 to 1949. Five of the Marx Brothers' thirteen feature films were selected by the
American Film Institute
(AFI) as among the
top 100 comedy films
, with two of them (
Duck Soup
and
A Night at the Opera
) in the top twelve. The brothers were included in
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
list of the 25 greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood cinema, the only performers to be inducted collectively.
The group are almost universally known today by their
stage names
:
Chico
,
Harpo
,
Groucho
,
Gummo
, and
Zeppo
Marx. The core of the act was the three elder brothers: Chico, Harpo, and Groucho. Each developed a highly distinctive stage persona.
Harpo and Chico "more or less retired" after 1949, while Groucho went on to begin a second career in
television
. The two younger brothers Gummo and Zeppo did not develop their stage characters to the same extent. The two eventually left the act to pursue business careers at which they were successful, as well as a large theatrical agency for a time, through which they represented their brothers and others. Gummo was not in any of the movies; Zeppo appeared in the first five films in relatively straight (non-comedic) roles. The performing lives of the brothers were brought about by their mother
Minnie Marx
, who also acted as their manager.