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Am I reading too much into this....


...or are there others out there who think that there is no doubt that Chico Marx very likely had something going on with Thelma Todd. I mean, not to over dramatize this idea, but I always see a big time sexuality going on with these two, particularly when he's playing piano while she's sitting next to him. I know he really liked women and apparently was very successful where this endeavor was concerned. I just get the impression from watching this movie that he may have been visiting her dressing room between scenes if you know what I mean.

"First there's a Captain, then a Lieutenant, then a Corpuscle".

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That thought has crossed my mind now and then...there's nothing I've read in any Marxian biographies to confirm your suspicion, but it certainly is a possibility.

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Without trying to be vulgar, I would swear she was almost giving him a grope during the piano scene...

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Yep, me too; watching the piano scene, I've always suspected something sexual between those two, especially knowing that Chico was quite a womanizer.

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