Chico and Harpo Marx rehearse for a 1949 stage show at the London Palladium.
Leonard ‘Chico’ Marx
March 22, 1887 – October 11, 1961
Happy birthday, Chico! 🙂
40 years ago today, January 16, 1977, The Marx Brothers were inducted into the Motion Picture Hall of Fame. The Marx Brothers, born in New York City, were the sons of Jewish German immigrants.
Jean Arthur and Cary Grant lead a rousing Howard Hawks group singalong of The Peanut Vendor in Only Angels Have Wings (1940)
The Peanut Vendor was originally recorded in 1927 by Rita Montaner as El Manisero. It wasn’t a hit until a 1930 recording in New York by Don Azpiazu and His Havana Cuban Orchestra, eventually becoming the first million selling 78 rpm of authentic Latin music, and also selling over a million copies of sheet music. It has since been recorded over 160 times including versions by Louis Armstrong and Chet Atkins.
The song was first heard in the MGM film Cuban Love Song (1931), and was whistled by Grouch Marx in Duck Soup (1933), and briefly sung by Judy Garland in A Star is Born (1954).
More recently it was heard in the second season of Breaking Bad, and was recorded in 2001 by Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba on his cd Supernova.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT, was it the “peanuts” song he whistled in Duck Soup??
MUST LEARN MORE!
“i’d give you my seat but i’m sitting here”
I used to know a Pullman car named Tallulah.
Groucho Marx
Migratory Cocoanuts 