From Zoolander to Borat, the characters may be dumb, but don't go thinking the stupid funny movies themselves are too.

Brothers Leonard, Adolph, Julius, Milton, and Herbert Marx were born into a performing family. Their mother, Meine Shoenberg ...

Chico was 42 when they made their first sound film, Harpo was 41 and Groucho 39. (One silent Marx Brothers film, 1921’s “Humor Risk,” has been lost.) ...

Although each member of the Marx Brothers troupe brought their own unique flavor to the comedic melting pot, it was Groucho, with his trademark thick greasepaint mustache, glasses, eyebrows ...

Q: How would you explain Groucho Marx to someone who has never heard of him? A: To me, he was the face of American comedy.

Groucho Marx has been dead since 1977, but to hear his grandson talk about him, one can imagine a smile on his face, those remarkable eyebrows raising “He and I became very close in his later ...