Actress Julie Stevens (1916 - 1984) was one of Gummo's clients. Stage work was excluded from this contract; the words "theatrical" and "vaudeville" were removed; that change was initialed by both Julie and Gummo. The contract was effective from 1939 to 1946. During that time frame she appeared in the movies Private Detective (1939), Honeymoon Deferred and Tear Gas Squad (both 1940), Castle on the Hudson and Murder in the Air (both uncredited, both 1940). No movies from 1942 to 1946. She also worked in radio (which was covered by this contract), although I don't know if she was on radio during her contract with Gummo. It would appear that Gummo started as President of Zeppo Marx, Inc. and was later demoted to Vice-President. His signature reads "Gum Marx". In 1939, an actress/agent contract could be simplified to one page.
The Gummo Gallery
29 September 2012
Julie Stevens
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30 August 2012
America After Dark 5
Another Allan Grant photo, taken at the Civic Playhouse. Variations on this photo: I've seen a version where Gummo is cruelly cropped out, another where the photo is damaged at the top center, and another where the imperfection has been electronically repaired.
You can see more poses here:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-after-dark.html http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/america-after-dark-2.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/04/america-after-dark-3.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/america-after-dark-4.html
You can see more poses here:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-after-dark.html http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/america-after-dark-2.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/04/america-after-dark-3.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/06/america-after-dark-4.html
31 July 2012
Five Marx Brothers part two
Harpo, Zeppo, Chico, Gummo, Groucho. California, 1938. Photo by Peter Stackpole. Harpo seems to enjoy being a snappy dresser, perhaps to let people know he isn't his on-screen character. Nobody else could be bothered to wear a tie. Groucho looks less than excited to be there.
Another pose from this session, dressed the same except Chico has removed his jacket:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/five-marx-brothers.html
Another pose from this session, dressed the same except Chico has removed his jacket:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/09/five-marx-brothers.html
29 June 2012
America After Dark 4
Another in a series of photos taken during an interview for "Tonight! America After Dark". I call this one "Groucho Sinatra". It's great to see Groucho making everyone laugh. This photo was taken by Allan Grant. More on Grant below.
Allan Grant (23 October 1919 – 1 February 2008) was an American photojournalist for Life magazine. He had the last photo shoot with actress Marilyn Monroe and took the first photos of Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, following U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Early career
Grant was born in New York City. He was introduced to photography as a teenager, when he traded a model airplane for a camera.
One of his early jobs was in a photo laboratory, where he printed photos by noted photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt and Robert Capa.
Grant began working for Life in 1945 on a freelance basis. The magazine hired him full-time in 1946, after a photo he took at a Connecticut sailing school made the cover of an issue.
Life assignments
In 1947, Grant photographed Howard Hughes flight in the "Spruce Goose," and he filmed the atom bomb tests in Nevada during the 1950s.
At the 1955 Academy Awards, he photographed Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn as they awaited the "Best Actress" announcement backstage.
During the fire that swept through Bel Air, California in 1961, Grant photographed then-former Vice President Richard Nixon standing on top of the roof of his rented house with a water hose, wearing a tie and slacks.
Photographs Grant took of Marilyn Monroe during a photo shoot in her home were used to illustrate a profile of the actress in Life's 3 August 1962 issue. Monroe died the week the issue appeared on newsstands.
When President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Grant accompanied Life reporter Thomas Thompson to Texas. The two began a search for Oswald's family and located Marina Oswald, her two children, Oswald's mother Marguerite and his brother Robert in Irving, Texas at the home of Ruth Hyde Paine.
Paine, who spoke Russian, served as interpreter for Grant and Thompson. As Thompson persuaded Oswald's family to accompany them to Dallas in exchange for help in obtaining the right to visit Oswald in jail, Grant took photos for what they thought would be a Life exclusive. The next issue contained several photos of Kennedy's family but only one small photo of Marina.
Post-Life career
Grant left Life magazine in the late 1960s and began producing educational documentaries.
What Color is the Wind?, a film Grant made for television that was based on a Life magazine article about two boys, one born blind, received three Emmy nominations.
Grant died at his Brentwood, California home of Parkinson's-related pneumonia.
You can see more poses here:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-after-dark.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/america-after-dark-2.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/04/america-after-dark-3.html
Allan Grant (23 October 1919 – 1 February 2008) was an American photojournalist for Life magazine. He had the last photo shoot with actress Marilyn Monroe and took the first photos of Marina Oswald, Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, following U.S. President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Early career
Grant was born in New York City. He was introduced to photography as a teenager, when he traded a model airplane for a camera.
One of his early jobs was in a photo laboratory, where he printed photos by noted photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt and Robert Capa.
Grant began working for Life in 1945 on a freelance basis. The magazine hired him full-time in 1946, after a photo he took at a Connecticut sailing school made the cover of an issue.
Life assignments
In 1947, Grant photographed Howard Hughes flight in the "Spruce Goose," and he filmed the atom bomb tests in Nevada during the 1950s.
At the 1955 Academy Awards, he photographed Grace Kelly and Audrey Hepburn as they awaited the "Best Actress" announcement backstage.
During the fire that swept through Bel Air, California in 1961, Grant photographed then-former Vice President Richard Nixon standing on top of the roof of his rented house with a water hose, wearing a tie and slacks.
Photographs Grant took of Marilyn Monroe during a photo shoot in her home were used to illustrate a profile of the actress in Life's 3 August 1962 issue. Monroe died the week the issue appeared on newsstands.
When President Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Grant accompanied Life reporter Thomas Thompson to Texas. The two began a search for Oswald's family and located Marina Oswald, her two children, Oswald's mother Marguerite and his brother Robert in Irving, Texas at the home of Ruth Hyde Paine.
Paine, who spoke Russian, served as interpreter for Grant and Thompson. As Thompson persuaded Oswald's family to accompany them to Dallas in exchange for help in obtaining the right to visit Oswald in jail, Grant took photos for what they thought would be a Life exclusive. The next issue contained several photos of Kennedy's family but only one small photo of Marina.
Post-Life career
Grant left Life magazine in the late 1960s and began producing educational documentaries.
What Color is the Wind?, a film Grant made for television that was based on a Life magazine article about two boys, one born blind, received three Emmy nominations.
Grant died at his Brentwood, California home of Parkinson's-related pneumonia.
You can see more poses here:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-after-dark.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/america-after-dark-2.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/04/america-after-dark-3.html
31 May 2012
Marx family portrait
The five Marx brothers with their parents in New York City, 1915. From left to right; Groucho, Gummo, Minnie (mother), Zeppo, Frenchy/Frenchie (father), Chico, and Harpo. The four oldest boys are wearing stage makeup and costumes.
This photo was also published in a reverse-image:
Another variation: Air-brushed by an unidentified editor:
This photo was also published in a reverse-image:
Another variation: Air-brushed by an unidentified editor:
28 April 2012
America After Dark 3
Gummo, Zeppo, Chico, Groucho, Harpo |
You can see more poses here:
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2011/12/america-after-dark.html
http://gummogallery.blogspot.com/2012/02/america-after-dark-2.html
24 March 2012
Mr. Green's Reception
Mr. Green's Reception (1913) |
Monkey Business was evidently based on two routines the Marx Brothers did during their early days in vaudeville (Home Again and Mr. Green's Reception), along with a story idea from one of Groucho's friends, Bert Granet, called The Seas Are Wet.
No idea where this photo was taken. The show played the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville Tennessee, among other places.
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