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An Evening with Groucho is a look at the life of Groucho Marx and the Marx Brothers, as told by Groucho.

Groucho Marx Biography:

Born: October 2, 1890 in New York City, New York
Died: August 19, 1977 in Los Angeles, California

Groucho was born Julius Henry Marx on October 2, 1890 in New York. He was the third of the five surviving sons of Sam and Minnie Marx. He was the first of the brothers to start stage career aged 15 in an act called The Leroy Trio. Other acts followed, but none of them was a great success. Twice the other members of the act disappeared overnight and left him penniless in a town far away from home.

When his brothers came on stage, they finally had a success with the musical comedy called I'll Say She Is. It was at one of the performances of this show that Groucho got his painted moustache. He arrived late at the theater and used greasepaint to create a moustache. He found this so much easier than a glued on moustache that he insisted on using this technique from then on.

I'll Say She Is was followed by two more Broadway hits -- The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers. The latter of which has the character of Captain Spaulding which remained (with the song Hooray for Captain Spaulding) a trademark for Groucho for the rest of his life.

The Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers were also the first movies (except for one unreleased on) made by the Brothers and were filmed in New York. The remaining movies were made in Hollywood.

In the later years of the Marx Brothers movie career, Groucho started working on radio. He hosted several programs and was a guest on many shows. His biggest success was the comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life which started in 1947. The show later moved to television and was on the air until 1961.

Groucho also appeared in a few movies without his brothers.

Always being a liberal, Groucho sometimes made critical remarks about politics and had friends which were regarded as communist by the US of the 1950s. This let to Groucho being investigated by the FBI.

When Marx Brothers became popular again in the last sixties/early seventies Groucho made a comeback with a show in Carnegie Hall in 1972. At the film festival in Cannes in 1972, he was made Commandeur des Arts et Lettres and in 1974 he received a special Academy Award for the achievements of the Marx Brothers.

Groucho died on August 19th, 1977 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. His ashes are at Eden Memorial Park, San Fernando, California.

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SHOWS LIST
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 01 - Overture - Medley from Marx Brothers Films
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 02 - Introduction - Dick Cavett
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 03 - Hello, I Must Be Going
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 04 - Violin Solo, Jack Benny Tribute
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 05 - How I Got Started In Show Business
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 06 - My Family, How We Got Our Names
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 07 - Strange Relatives - Uncle Julius
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 08 - Chico At Klauber Horn Co
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 09 - Uncle Herman, Chiropodist
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 10 - Timbuctoo
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 11 - Annie Berger
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 12 - World War One, Vaudeville In Toronto
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 13 - Oh, How That Woman Could Cook
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 14 - Toronto Song
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 15 - London Stories Polish Officer Story
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 16 - London Stories Churchill & 2nd World War
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 17 - Tough Chicago Critic Story
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 18 - Palace Theatre Sarah Bernhardt
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 19 - Palace Theatre Fanny BriceSwayne's Rats and Cats
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 20 - Poem From The Play Animal Crackers
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 21 - T.S. Eliot Memorial Laurence
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 22 - 2nd World War Bond Tour
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 23 - Houdini Story
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 24 - Music in Cocoanuts - George Kaufmann & Morrie Ryskind Story Always
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 25 - Music in Cocoanuts - Stay Down Here Where You Belong
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 26 - Otto Kahn Story
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 27 - W.C. Fields Bee Bee Gun Prohibition
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 28 - W. C. Fields Baby Leroy
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 29 - Heaven's Above
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 30 - Everybody Works But Father
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 31 - Father's Day
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 32 - Margaret Dumont, The Dowager In Our Films
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 33 - Thalberg Story - Garbo
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 34 - Sampson And Delilah Story
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 35 - Will Rogers, Baseball in Baltimore
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 36 - Priests' Stories Plaza Hotel Montreal
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 37 - Priests' Stories Rome
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 38 - Show Me A Rose
Groucho Marx - An Evening With Groucho - 39 - Lydia, The Tattooed Lady
Groucho Marx Biography
Groucho Marx OnTheTonight Show With Johnny Carson
Groucho On Fame 1972
George Fenneman On You Bet Your Life
1975 Interview With Groucho At Age 85