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Order Number	00107402
Title	Groucho Marx
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	S-000-250 8x10
Date	1953
Physical Description	1 negative : safety ; 25 x 20 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx (1890-1977) was an actor and comedian involved with film, television, stage, radio, and music. The third of five Marx brothers, he was known for his rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden talk and was easily recognizable by his distinctive appearance of glasses, cigars, and a thick greasepaint mustache and eyebrows. He made 13 feature films with his brothers but made 26 films in total. He also had a successful solo career, most notably for "You Bet Your Life" which ran for eleven years on television. Groucho Marx married three times: first to 19-year-old chorus girl Ruth Johnson (he was 29), producing two children, a boy, and a girl; the second was to 21-year-old Kay Marvis (he was 54), they had a daughter, and his third wife was 24-year-old actress Eden Hartford (he was 63). All marriages ended in divorce. Despite his lack of formal education, Marx wrote several books, and his writings were declared to be culturally important. He kept busy throughout his career, but by October 1971, Groucho had become increasingly frail both physically and mentally as a result of several minor strokes he had suffered. He was hospitalized for pneumonia on June 22, 1977, and passed away on August 19 in Los Angeles.
Description	View of actor Groucho Marx holding a cigar, as he stands next to a tree and brick wall. The location is not verified, but is possibly Groucho's home in Beverly Hills. See images 00054576, 00107406 and 00107407 for additional photos in this series. Photograph dated 1953.
Subject	Marx, Groucho,--1890-1977. Motion picture actors and actresses. Television personalities. Comedians. Actors. Celebrities. Cigars. Eyeglasses. Hats. Trees. Men. Beverly Hills (Calif.).
Coverage	1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	1
Rights	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Internal Notes	See Folder Record PH-SPNB-NEG003 for upload information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection