Tonight in 1965 – #GrouchoMarx and #MargaretDumont appeared on THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE on ABC.

They recreated the "Hooray for Captain Spaulding” number from #AnimalCracker (1930).

It was Dumont’s final appearance before her death.

#OldHollywood #ClassicTV #MarxBros

Tonight in 1974 — #GrouchoMarx was presented w/ an Honorary Oscar at the 46th #AcademyAwards "for the unequaled achievements of the Marx Bros. in the art of motion picture comedy.”

“I wish Harpo and Chico could could be here” he said. “I wish #MargaretDumont could be here too.”

#OnThisDay #OldHollywood #MarxBros

#6marzo

#AccaddeOggi nel 1965 muore 82enne l’attrice #MargaretDumont grande spalla dei Fratelli Marx con cui girò sette film tra cui #LaGuerraLampoDeiFratelliMarx https://goo.gl/jXxu2a

“Great stars of #Hollywood of­ten have mul­ti­ple books writ­ten about them, but the mar­velous #CharacterActors who sup­port them are mostly ig­nored. An ex­cep­tion is ‘Straight Lady: The Life and Times of #MargaretDumont’…The #MarxBrothers were all over the place, but she was steady, al­ways play­ing the same woman, who merely had dif­fer­ent names.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/straight-lady-book-review-margaret-dumont-the-fifth-marx-brother-11669394468 #books #acting

“Great stars of #Hollywood of­ten have mul­ti­ple books writ­ten about them, but the mar­velous #CharacterActors who sup­port them are mostly ig­nored. An ex­cep­tion is ‘Straight Lady: The Life and Times of #MargaretDumont’…The #MarxBrothers were all over the place, but she was steady, al­ways play­ing the same woman, who merely had dif­fer­ent names.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/straight-lady-book-review-margaret-dumont-the-fifth-marx-brother-11669394468 #books #acting