AT THE CIRCUS MARX BROTHERS TV
The song was used as a ringtone in the finale of the American TV show Breaking Bad. In 1950, Groucho famously "stopped" trading at the New York Stock Exchange by commandeering a microphone and singing the song before telling jokes for 15 minutes, during which time traders suspended their work to watch him perform. Alternative lyrics suggest that Lydia's buttocks have tattoos of a map and a caricature of Hitler: "When she stands, the world grows littler. The Marx Brothers - At the Circus, Denis Barbier, Jacques Ferchit - At the Circus, Three Stooges - At the Circus, Sarah Barchas - At the Circus, Three Stooges - At the Circus (Bonus Track), Nathan. Harburg made many contemporary references to topical personalities such as Grover Whalen, who opened the 1939 New York World's Fair.Īmong the items, persons, and scenes tattooed on Lydia's body are the Battle of Waterloo (on her back), The Wreck of the Hesperus (beside it), the red, white and blue (above them) the cities of Kankakee and " Paree", Washington Crossing the Delaware, President Andrew Jackson, Niagara, Alcatraz, Buffalo Bill, Captain Spaulding (Groucho's character in Animal Crackers) exploring the Amazon, Lady Godiva (with her pajamas on), Grover Whalen, the Trylon, Treasure Island, Nijinsky, Social Security Number (behind her earlobe) and a fleet of ships (on her hips). The complex lyrics by Harburg – with clever rhymes such as "Lydia/encyclopedia" and "Amazon/pajamas on" – were inspired by W.
AT THE CIRCUS MARX BROTHERS MOVIE
I still maintain every Marx Brothers movie is worth seeing and they never made a turkey, but they obviously had some periods that are stronger than others, and AT THE CIRCUS is not the brothers' strongest period. At The Circus (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) checks the recent decline in Marx Brothers’ pictures with two of their fastest, funniest sequencesa riotous Newport society and circus climax, and Groucho doing a combination rumba, tango and nautch dance with one pant leg kitten-ishly hoisted while he sings of his tattooed lost love, Lydia that Encyclopedia. It's a lesser effort but still a rollicking good time, casting Groucho, Chico, and Harpo as the would-be saviors of a financially troubled circus. OK, it's Saturday, now for the review Overall, AT THE CIRCUS is a good but not great movie. It subsequently appeared in the movie The Philadelphia Story (1940), sung by Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord. The Marx Brothers mustachioed, stogie-smoking ring-leader Groucho, chatty, Italian-accented con man Chico, silent skirt-chaser Harpo and, early on, relatively normal matinee idol Zeppo. Hollywood's golden year of 1939 found the Marx Brothers At the Circus, up to their usual mischief if not their usual standards. It first appeared in the Marx Brothers movie At the Circus (1939) and became one of Groucho Marx's signature tunes. "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" is a 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job. 1939 song written by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen Infobox Film name At the Circus caption director Edward Buzzell producer Mervyn LeRoy writer Irving Brecher starring Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx music Harold Arlen. At the Circus Movie (1939)- Marx Brothers.