Marx Brothers the Beaugard painting is stolen, so the script was contrived to include a power failure, which allowed Zeppo to play the Spaulding part in near-darkness.) In December 1917 the Marx brothers were noted in an advertisement playing in a musical comedy act "Home Again". By the 1920s, the Marx Brothers had become one of America's favorite theatrical acts, with their sharp and bizarre sense of humor. They satirized high society and human hypocrisy, and they became famous for their improvisational comedy in free-form scenarios. A famous early instance was when Harpo arranged to chase a fleeing chorus girl across the
First Marx cabinet First Marx cabinet The First Marx cabinet (German: "Erstes Kabinett Marx") was the tenth democratically elected "Reichsregierung" of the German Reich, during the period in which it is now usually referred to as the Weimar Republic. The cabinet was named after "Reichskanzler" (chancellor) Wilhelm Marx and took office on 30 November 1923 when it replaced the Second Stresemann cabinet which had resigned on 23 November. Marx' first cabinet resigned on 26 May 1924 and was replaced on 3 June by another cabinet under his chancellorship. After the second cabinet of Gustav Stresemann had resigned on 23 November 1923, the situation