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| Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Gummo Marx, Lou Levy |
"By 1909, Minnie Marx successfully managed to assemble her sons into a low-quality vaudeville singing group. Billed as "The Four Nightingales", Julius (Groucho Marx), Milton (Gummo Marx), Arthur (originally Adolph; Harpo Marx), and another boy singer, Lou Levy, traveled the U.S. vaudeville circuits to little fanfare. After exhausting their prospects in the East, the family moved to La Grange, Illinois, to play the Midwest.
After a particularly dispiriting performance in Nacogdoches, Texas, Julius, Milton, and Arthur began cracking jokes onstage for their own amusement. Much to their surprise, the audience liked them better as comedians than as singers."
Here's the same photo in sepia:
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| Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Gummo Marx, Lou Levy |
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| Look at the photo on the wall directly above Harpo's hat. |
The Four Nightingales Vs The Marx Brothers:
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Left: The Four Nightingales, Right: The Marx Brothers (Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Groucho Marx, Zeppo Marx |
