Word: groucho
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...French as Petites Femmes, would have a meaning which would have distressed Louisa May, of Concord, Mass. The Frenchman of the street confused the name 'March' (the family name of Miss Alcott's Little Women) with Marx, made famous in France as elsewhere by the inimitable Groucho, Harpo and Chico. So Little Women was named The Marx Sisters, and was believed by many purchasers, who were later disappointed, to have the zany qualities which have become synonymous with America's distinguished comedians...
Hefty Louis Cortese, 31, had worked for Hearst and for Stage magazine. Dark-haired Jack Begon, 35, had run a shortlived Cosmopolis (Wash.) weekly, had done make-up on the San Francisco Chronicle. Lean, Groucho-mustached Bill de Meza, 28, had reported for the Plainfield (NJ.) Courier News...
Beating anything for which Groucho Marx or Marx or Bob Hope was ever thrown off the ether, the protagonists of the Bell System melted down three mikes with their sizzling retorts, forcing the Network to announce suspension of the program unless an asbestos microphone could be obtained...
With the help of its more professional members, ICCASP has also learned to avoid some of the minor blunders of politicking. Explained a Hollywood member: "Ingrid Bergman would never be sent off to a small neighborhood meeting because it would cheapen her glamor value. Groucho Marx wouldn't attempt to talk to a ladies' society, but would leave it to Sterling Hayden or John Garfield...
Born. To Julius ("Groucho") Marx, 55, cigar-waving, eye-rolling youngest of the caper-cutting Marx trio, and Catherine ("Kay") Marvis, 25: their first child; in Los Angeles. Name: Melinda. Weight...