▁suggestion ▁that ▁he ▁stop ▁speaking ▁altogether ▁and ▁play ▁the ▁role ▁in ▁m ime . ▁Julius ▁Marx ' s ▁character ▁from ▁" Fun ▁In ▁Hi ▁Sk ule " ▁was ▁an ▁eth nic ▁German , ▁so ▁Julius ▁played ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁German ▁acc ent . ▁After ▁the ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁public ▁anti - G erman ▁sentiment ▁was ▁w ides p read , ▁and ▁Marx ' s ▁German ▁character ▁was ▁bo o ed , ▁so ▁he ▁quickly ▁dropped ▁the ▁acc ent ▁and ▁developed ▁the ▁fast - t alk ing ▁wise - gu y ▁character ▁that ▁became ▁his ▁tra dem ark . ▁ ▁The ▁Marx ▁Brothers ▁became ▁the ▁biggest ▁com edic ▁stars ▁of ▁the ▁Palace ▁Theatre ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁which ▁bil led ▁itself ▁as ▁the ▁" Val hal la ▁of ▁V au dev ille ". ▁Bro ther ▁Ch ico ' s ▁deal - making ▁skills ▁resulted ▁in ▁three ▁hit ▁plays ▁on ▁Broadway . ▁No ▁other ▁comedy ▁routine ▁had ▁ever ▁so ▁inf ected ▁the ▁Broadway ▁circuit . ▁All ▁of ▁this ▁stage ▁work ▁pred ated ▁their ▁Hollywood ▁career . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁the ▁Mar xes ▁made ▁their ▁first ▁movie , ▁they ▁were ▁already ▁major ▁stars ▁with ▁sharp ly ▁hon ed ▁skills ; ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁Gr ou cho ▁was ▁rela unch ed ▁to ▁st ard om ▁on ▁You ▁Bet ▁Your ▁Life , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁performing ▁successfully ▁for ▁half ▁a ▁century . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁V au dev ille ▁ ▁Marx ▁started ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁v au dev