#HORSE FEATHERS MARX BROTHERS MOVIE#
Their 1938 movie "Room Service" had mixed results and their final string of films declined in quality and success. Zeppo left the group to become a talent agent and as a trio, Groucho, Chico, and Harpo moved over to Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer for whom they filmed "A Night at the Opera" and "A Day at the Races," continuing to provide Depression Era audiences with some welcome distraction and laughs. To this day, the films they made for Paramount studios, including "Horse Feathers" and "Duck Soup," remain perennial favorites showcasing the Marx Brothers' winning formula that combined satirical commentary and dizzying wordplay with slapstick antics and jaw-droppingly surreal sight gags. The "Animal Crackers" adaptation of 1930 followed, making them some of the first American movie stars. By 1924, original member Gummo had been replaced by Zeppo and they had a Broadway hit with the production "I'll Say She Is." "The Cocoanuts" and "Animal Crackers" followed, and in 1929 they started their movie career with an adaptation of "The Cocoanuts." Born between 18 in New York City to German immigrant parents, the brothers started performing as children, per the Marx Brothers website.Īccording to Britannica, Groucho first appeared on the stage in 1904 and as more brothers followed him into the spotlight, they developed a popular stage show, becoming burlesque and vaudeville stars. The names of the Marx Brothers come easily to anyone who knows anything about the history of American comedy.
Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zeppo (and, briefly, Gummo).
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