walk ing ▁lo pe , ▁an ▁ex agger ated ▁gre ase p aint ▁must ache ▁and ▁e y eb rows , ▁and ▁an ▁ever - present ▁cig ar , ▁impro vis ing ▁ins ult s ▁to ▁stuff y ▁dow agers ▁( us ually ▁played ▁by ▁Margaret ▁Dum ont ) ▁and ▁anyone ▁else ▁who ▁stood ▁in ▁his ▁way . ▁As ▁the ▁Marx ▁Brothers , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁brothers ▁star red ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁popular ▁stage ▁shows ▁and ▁mov ies . ▁ ▁Their ▁first ▁movie ▁was ▁a ▁silent ▁film ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁that ▁was ▁never ▁released , ▁and ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁destroyed ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁A ▁de cade ▁later , ▁the ▁team ▁made ▁two ▁of ▁their ▁Broadway ▁hits — The ▁C oco an uts ▁and ▁Animal ▁Cra ck ers — into ▁mov ies . ▁Other ▁successful ▁films ▁were ▁Mon key ▁Business , ▁Hor se ▁Fe athers , ▁D uck ▁S oup , ▁and ▁A ▁Night ▁at ▁the ▁Opera . ▁One ▁qu ip ▁from ▁Marx ▁concerned ▁his ▁response ▁to ▁Sam ▁Wood , ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁A ▁Night ▁at ▁the ▁Opera . ▁Fur ious ▁with ▁the ▁Marx ▁Brothers ' ▁ad - libs ▁and ▁ant ics ▁on ▁the ▁set , ▁Wood ▁y elled ▁in ▁dis g ust : ▁" You ▁can ' t ▁make ▁an ▁actor ▁out ▁of ▁cl ay ." ▁Marx ▁respond ed , ▁" N or ▁a ▁director ▁out ▁of ▁Wood ." ▁ ▁Marx ▁also ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁radio ▁com ed ian ▁and ▁show ▁host . ▁One ▁of