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IL Trovatore - A Night At The Opera - The Marx Bros. (Original Post) appalachiablue Jan 2022 OP
Harpo did a lot of his own stunts in this TlalocW Jan 2022 #1
Tx, in depth on H's life, personal appalachiablue Jan 2022 #2

TlalocW

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1. Harpo did a lot of his own stunts in this
Mon Jan 17, 2022, 01:44 AM
Jan 2022

He later said it was silly for a 47-year-old non-stuntman to do, but he was probably the most athletic of the Marx Brothers as well as the most impulsive. This is an interesting essay on him and his (platonic) relationship with a theater critic friend that loved him.

https://longreads.com/2014/04/30/the-odd-couple-alexander-woollcott-and-harpo-our-longreads-member-pick/

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