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@StoliarSteve Looks like Irving Berlin at the keyboard.

Groucho (59) gives wife Kay (26) a few pointers at the pool table in their den at 806 N. Foothill in 1949. I don't think the pool table made the transfer to Groucho's new Hillcrest house after he divorced Kay and married Eden but I vividly recall each of those photos on the wall.

@StoliarSteve He needed the money!!!

Chico bounced a check at the El Rancho Hotel in Vegas in 1943 for $11,000 (equal to $200,000 today). The El Rancho, which opened two years earlier, was the first hotel on The Strip. One hears that Chico's financial position was a precarious one (I think I got that quote right).

@TheStingisBack “A film glorifying the informer”…orson welles

Karl Malden was born on this day in 1912. Brando usually gets most of the praise for On the Waterfront (1954), but Malden is magnificent as Father Barry, especially in his “This is my church” speech. Stirring, inspiring cinema.

@Jeopardy I don’t feel seen by this clue…

Hope you know your books and authors 📚

@ATRightMovies The great Dick Miller!

The killer security “killbots” in CHOPPING MALL were full, remote‑controlled robots built from wheelchair frames, conveyor‑belt parts, and plastic toy components, with director Jim Wynorski providing their electronic voices.

@StoliarSteve @YouTube This is pure gold.

Once again, the definitive version of this "Hair" classic: youtu.be/JW3lEuwvfsM?si… via @YouTube

@StoliarSteve If I remember correctly, Mel was always grateful to Chico for the opportunity.

Chico with three of the vocalists from the Chico Marx Orchestra - Elisse Cooper, 17-year-old Mel Torme, and Johnny Frigo - performing on radio station KLZ in Denver in October of 1942.

@StoliarSteve @HGACinema “Rachmaninoff!! It shakes me and quakes me!!”

@HGACinema Ewell was a semi-regular on "Baretta" when I was a production secretary at Universal. He was flattered that I wanted his autograph!

@BarndoLife Looks like a Cracker Barrel

Would you choose this barndominium floor plan?

@emhoneyreads The Exorcist

Tell me the scariest book you’ve read. I work night shift in a store and I want to be absolutely terrified while I’m stocking shelves in the middle of the night.

@StoliarSteve Did Harpo speak on Person to Person?

Publicity shot of Harpo and oldest son Bill at home in December of 1957. This was to publicize Harpo's January appearance on Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person." Bill is a grand fellow and a big talent. I met him during my Groucho days and we remain pals to this day (Monday).

Highly recommended.

@NickChaps96 I can smell that picture…coming in from the pool, or the resort boat, out of the rain, you know you’re coming into warmth and peace.

The best hallway in Disney World.

@emhoneyreads Reading is a visual activity, not an aural activity.

Audiobooks count as reading, plain and simple.

@StoliarSteve Cute couple! I’m sure they’ll have a long and happy life together!

Happy New Year's Eve from Norma and Joe:

@b0rn2pay I read 38 actual books…I think people who say they’ve read more are listening while doing other things, and that’s not reading, in my book (no pun intended)

Over 30 books in a year is consumerist and anti-intellectual

Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries: “It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones. “There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion. “If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice! “Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”

@StoliarSteve Hi-ho, Steverino!!

On this day in 1921, Steve Allen was born in New York City. Time spent with him at Groucho's was a real treat, and we remained in touch afterward. He gave me a great blurb for RAISED EYEBROWS. I sent him a copy of the published book and received this delightful reply. A mensch.

@StoliarSteve GREAT photo too

In November of 1933, Harpo embarked on a six-week performance tour of - and as American goodwill ambassador to - the recently formed (11 years earlier) Soviet Union. Here he is, bundled up for the bitterly cold Russian weather, in a scarce snapshot.

@StoliarSteve It was fun reading about his Soviet adventures in his book!