Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Parker, c. 1910s–1920s
Cover of the first edition of Enough Rope (1926)
Plaque at Parker's birthplace
Harpo Marx
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Arthur "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian, actor and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harpo's comic st
Dorothy Parker
…Franklin P. Adams and Alexander Woollcott, as well as the editor Harold Ross, the novelist Edna Ferber, the reporter Heywood Broun, and the comedian Harpo Marx. Through their publication of her lunchtime remarks and short verses, particularly in Adams' column "The Conning Tower", Parker began developing a…
Marx c. 1926
Lobby card for Monkey Business (1931) with Chico (left) and Harpo (right)
Newspaper ad for Animal Crackers (1930) with Lillian Roth paragraph
The four Marx Brothers. From the top down: Chico, Harpo, Groucho, and Zeppo, c. 1931