On October 20, 1882, future actress Margaret Dumont was born in Brooklyn, New York. A Broadway regular by the 1920s, Dumont found lasting fame once she started appearing with the Marx Brothers. Tall ...

A wealthy matron (Catherine Frot) sings blithely (if horribly) to the amazement of all who hear her in “Marguerite.” Larry Horricks Margaret Dumont starred in seven Marx Brothers movies as the butt of ...

Great stars of Hollywood often have multiple books written about them, but the marvelous character actors who support them are mostly ignored. An exception is “Straight Lady: The Life and Times of ...

“If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly,” famously wrote the wise G.K. Chesterton. The poignant side of this gentle philosophy shows in the movie “Marguerite.” Set in the glamorous Paris ...