I’ve often said through the years, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, that my lifelong mentors are Jesus and Marx.
It was a birthday gift from my son, who shares my peculiar sense of humor (sorry, son) and my appreciation of Marx Brothers movies, which I have enjoyed since high school. One “pretty book” I’m reading now is The Groucho Letters: Letters from and to Groucho Marx. I was about to give her a 20-second summary of its contents, but at the last second I thought better of it and instead replied, “Oh, yes! I only read pretty books.” The cover’s almost entirely white.” It was Rand Paul’s The Case Against Socialism. One time, a young medical assistant’s comment was, “Oh, what a pretty book. Typically, I’ll do a quick show-and-tell. Not infrequently, someone will notice my public book-reading–which apparently is as peculiar as public nose-picking–and make a friendly comment. I generally prefer nonfiction to fiction, although, in checking my book-reading log (yes, I actually keep one-call me weird), I see that I’ve read five fiction titles so far in 2020. An actual book, mind you, not a digital version. Rank the movies anyway you want.Those who know me even a little know that I enjoy reading books and that virtually anywhere I go-especially if I anticipate having to hang out in a waiting area (appropriately masked and socially distanced, of course! )-I will have a book with me. Marx Brothers Financials Directly From MGM/RKO Ledgers 1935-1941 The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”.
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After playing small parts in the first five Marx Brothers movies, Zeppo felt his talent wasn’t being used to its full extent and left the act to join Gummo as an agent. Zeppo also acted as an understudy to all three of his brothers. He was the youngest of The Marx Brothers, Zeppo was put into the role of the straight man after his brother Gummo (the other brother) left the act. A Day At The Races (1937) got the the highest UMR Score while The Story of Mankind (1957) got the lowest UMR Score. 12 Marx Brothers movies scored higher than that average….or 66.66% of their movies.
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That is a percentage of 41.11% of their movies listed.