Margaret Dumont....


Old Margie was a splendid comedy actress, and always the perfect foil for Groucho's witticisms.

I have seen all the Marx Bros movies, including 'At the Circus' dozens of times over the years, and it was only when I re-watched it last night that I realized that she doesn't actually even appear in the film until almost the very end. (About 54 mins in in a film that runs 1:23......)

She appears, on the telephone, telling a friend that she will be presenting Jardinet and his Orchestra at her upcoming social event.

Oh, well.

Just an observation.

^_^







The Opener of the Way is waiting....

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That's why the final 1/3 is the funniest section of the film. Groucho's always better when Margaret Dumont serves as his comic foil.

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