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daily nebraskan page 9 orts& P. ssru MXb Marx Brothers, Chaplin return to Lincoln theaters Wednesday, november 19, 1975 I f fl lilt I 11 If YW1 it Iff By Bill Roberts and Robert Thurber Cocoanuts and Animal Crackers, the Marx Brothers' earliest and perhaps funni est films, reappear in Lincoln Friday for one week only at the Hollywood and Vine Theatres as part of the Classic Film Series. Other series films to be shown include You Can 't Cheat an Honest Man and Bank Dick, both starring W.C. Fields, Modem Times with Charlie Chaplin, and Four Clowns with Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy. The Cocoanuts began as a stage musical in 1925, the Marx Brothers' second Broad way hit (their first was 111 Say She Is). Cocoanuts' script was written by George S. Kaufman and music composed by Irving Berlin. After playing for a year in New York, it was taken on a two-year national tour. Immediately following their return from the national tour, the Marx Brothers opened their third hit, Animal Crackers, using a script by Kaufman and. music by Kalmar and Ruby. After the stock market crash of 1929, the Marx Brothers headed west for Holly wood and began making films of their original Broadway successes. Cocoanuts Thursday performance at Kimball Virtuosos revive duo-pianist art form In two years of performing together, duo-pianists Anthony and Joseph Paratore have set the music world spinning with their virtuoso revival of the rarely heard art form. The Paratore brothers, who have been acclaimed from both sides of the Atlantic, will perform Thursday evening at 8 pan. in Kimball Recital Hall as part of their 1975 76 coast-to-coast - North American tour. The two were born into a musical and artistically interested Italian-American fam ily in Boston. Joseph is four years younger than Anthony. He followed in his brother's footsteps, first to Boston University, then to the Juilliard School of Music. Breathe together It was there that their teacher, Rosina Lhevinne, suggested they play together as a duo since "their unity in playing makes an impression that they are breathing together." In winter 1973, they made their New York debut on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Young Artists Series. Raymond Ericson, music critic for the New York Times, said "The pianists have all the vir tuosity they need. Their playing is so per fectly meshed that it is hard to realize two performers are involved." Encouraged by the reception by both press and public, the Paratores went to Munich, Germany in 1974 to participate in the International Competition for Duo Piano and won first prize. They were the first American duo to win a major inter national contest. Germany's most respect ed critic, Joachim Kaiser, attended the competition and said, "These men are the princes of the piano, from a different world, indeed from a different era." That same season, they'made their de but with the Chicago Symphony, per formed for the second time with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, began a whirl wind tour of the United States and made frequent appearances at universities. As a result of their Munich prize, they were invited to tour Germany in spring 1975. They played Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich and Berlin and received the same critical acclaim as in the United States. The Paratores' current tour takes them from Massachusetts to Florida and from New York to California. They have per formed with many leading orchestras (in cluding the Chicago Symphony under the fanrd Georg Sold), in recitals, seminars and workshops with college students. Among their college appearances are the University of Michigan, Dartmouth College and the University of Wisconsin. Their Lincoln program will include Sonata in D major by Mozart, Schubert's Fantasie in F minor, Danzon Dubano by Copland and Rhapsody in Blue by Gersh win. They also will participate in a free seminar at 3:30 pjn. Thursday in the Nebraska Union Main Lounge. The Para tores' appearance at Kimball is sponsored by the Union Program Council. appeared late in 1929 and Animal Crackers followed in 1930. Both films received praise from critics. Box office hits Thirteen major films followed for the Marx Brothers, Grouch o, Chico, Harpo and occasionally Zeppo. They stayed on top of the film industries box office star list for more than 20 years. Today, 40 years after their initial suc cess, Marx Brothers' films can still cause filmgoers to convulse with laughter. They worked as a team most of the time, but Groucho has been singled out most often as the greatest comic genius of all time. His wiry hair has withdrawn in gray to the sides, and his eyes and eyebrows no longer roll and bounce as if dangling from strings of a lecherous puppeteer. Even the mustache has paled. But the wit of Groucho Marx-remains on stage, receiving applause of his fans who knew all along it was his sharp humor that . won him the cigar. . Now 85, Groucho, an elementary school drop-out, is authoring his seventh book, The Secret Word is Groucho. It's based on his experiences while hosting the TV pro gram , You Bet Your Life. Tease guests The quiz show's real purpose was to give Groucho opportunity to tease his guests before they got a shot at the prize money. "In what sport do you use a tennis ball?" he'd ask a less-than-brilliant contestant. Or: "Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?". The series, on the air for 13 years, has been syndicated as The Best of Groucho. For the insatiable devotee unable to wait for I7ie Secret Word is Groucho, stacks of books by and about the Marx Brothers are available. A & M Records has preserved on wax his Carnegie Hall Show of 1973, An Evening With Groucho. And, as previously mentioned, their movies are being re-released in commercial the aters across the country. Apparently Groucho's fans owe a debt of gratitude to Erin Fleming, an actress in her 30s who is said to have persuaded him to emerge from a decade of retirement. So a tip of the hat to Miss Fleming. And a hearty round of applause for the Marx Brothers and a special nod to Groucho Marx, the man who claims he once shot an elephant in his pajamas. Examine Sn your breasts, ( fSWl) felAuweSi f 1 111 " i Art Carney BEST I i mwuim'niwmm M t'M-4 ,WWw ACTOR! I MOW IONO UNCI ft ' 'A Outrageously j fircA 1 " "1 r jfar ahead of its f l f i&Wf&k J r1 myr (Mm CAKCER SOCIETY ! . y6lctMy .t60cnt. 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