Monday, 29 November 2021

Groucho, Zeppo, Chico, Harpo and Birdo

Get on with it, Walt!

Sometimes, it takes forever to get to anything mildly amusing to happen in a Silly Symphony. In The Bird Store (1932), the audience is treated to nothing but singing birds for about two minutes. Finally, get we get some funny shaped birds.



And then the only celebrity reference in the picture.



I don’t know when the Marx Bros. first appeared one way or another in a cartoon, but this certainly must be one of the earliest.
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2 comments:

  1. Gijs Grob29 November 2021 at 11:32

    I believe this is the first time.

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  2. top_cat_james29 November 2021 at 14:52

    The following is from Jerry Beck's 2018 review of THE ANIMATED MARX BROTHERS by Matthew Hahn:

    The first 60 pages detail the theatrical cartoons – Disney’s The Bird Store (1932) is apparently the Marx’s first animated cameo…

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