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At the Circus is a 1939 Marx Brothers comedy film in which they save a circus from bankruptcy. Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The brothers in Hollywood: (left to right) Chico, Zeppo, Groucho, Harpo The Marx Brothers were a team of sibling comedians that played in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television. ... Comedy is the use of humor in the performing arts. ... Jump to: navigation, search Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...


It is notable for Groucho Marx's classic rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady." Lydia the Tattooed Lady is Groucho Marxs classic song, written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, from the movie At the Circus (1939). ...


Its co-stars include Margaret Dumont, Eve Arden, and Kenny Baker. Jump to: navigation, search Margaret Dumont (born October 20, 1889; died March 6, 1965) was an American comedic actress. ... Eve Arden Eve Arden (April 30, 1908–November 12, 1990) was an American actress born as Eunice Quedens in Mill Valley, California, which is just north of San Francisco, California. ... Kenneth Laurence Kenny Baker (1912-1985) was a boyishly good looking singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on Jack Bennys radio shows during the 1930s. ...


Buster Keaton worked on the film as a gag man. His career was on the downside and he was forced to work for scale. His complex and sometimes belabored gags (recalled in the book Groucho, Harpo, Chico and sometimes Zeppo) did not work well with the Marx Brothers' brand of humor, and was a source of friction between the comedian and the group. Joseph Frank Keaton VI (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966), always known as Buster Keaton, was a popular and influential American silent-film comic actor and filmmaker. ...


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