Marx Brothers and Chico appeared less prominently. The two younger brothers, Gummo and Zeppo, never developed their stage characters to the same extent as the elder three. They each left the act to pursue business careers at which they were successful, and for a time ran a large theatrical agency through which they represented their brothers and others. Gummo was not in any of the movies; Zeppo appeared in the first five films in relatively straight (non-comedic) roles. The performing lives of the brothers owed much to their mother Minnie Marx, who acted as their manager until her death in 1929. The
The Flying Karamazov Brothers that include old and new elements from their repertoire, and shows backed by city orchestras. The Flying Karamazov Brothers appear in the film "The Jewel of the Nile", the sequel to "Romancing the Stone". They also appeared as the Flying Sandos Brothers in an episode of "Seinfeld" entitled "The Friars Club." The Karamazovs performed a unique, broad adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" at Lincoln Center. Aired live on the PBS program "Live from Lincoln Center," on June 24, 1987, the Karamazovs were joined by such "new vaudeville" acts as Avner the Eccentric and members of the troupe Vaudeville