Dick Cavett was writing for Jack Paar on “The Tonight Show” when he met Groucho Marx at the funeral of playwright George S. Kaufman in 1961. It was the beginning of a friendship that lasted until ...

A memory from my teenage years: The death of Groucho Marx on August 19, 1977 -- a Friday, three days after the death of Elvis Presley on August 16, a Tuesday. Memories such as this one welled up last ...

A belated holiday gift, “Groucho & Cavett” might be regarded by those born in this millennium as some kind of strange antique show, the principal antique wearing a funny hat. Groucho Marx was born in ...

The beloved talk-show host, now 86, spoke about a new PBS documentary that tells the story of the friendship that changed his life. By Chris Vognar On a hot summer day in 1961, a young TV writer and ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Frank Ferrante has been playing Groucho Marx for more than 35 years, ...

Aside from religious faith and love affairs, adoration tends not to translate. That’s even more the case for those who are neither the adored nor adorer. Adoration experienced? That’s great. Adoration ...

A few years ago, I thought I would share with my kids — roughly age 4 at the time — one of my favorite movie scenes. I found it on YouTube, hit the play button, and proceeded (as was not my plan) to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Series 1: Correspondence, 1932-1977 is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. In 1965, Marx gave the Library of Congress a portion of his ...

There’s a very short list of people who can say they had an uncle named Groucho. As Harpo Marx’s oldest child, I’m on that list. Although there’s a beautiful piece of home movie footage of Groucho ...

Actor Frank Ferrante joins Rick Kogan to talk about his 40th year playing Groucho Marx on stage and to discuss the Marx brothers’ Chicago history. Groucho’s grandson Andy Marx also chats with Frank ...