See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Dumont’s connections and jobs at similar companies. This is a beautifully written piece! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. I wonder if any of us can ever understand the courage and defiance it must have taken for a “respectable” young woman at the turn of the 20th century to leave home, to throw away that respectability, for a dream of success. Questions surround the character of "Marguerite," surname Dumont, a wealthy woman in 1920s France who devotes her life to singing opera, even though her voice is ferociously off-key. She is clearly enjoying every moment of their reunion. You must build up your man but never top him, never steal the laughs.” — Margaret Dumont in 1937, discussing A Day at the Races, her fifth of seven films with the Marx Brothers. She never did. Margaret returned to the stage. She provided the perfect foil to Groucho’s humour. sistercelluloid Lee has 3 jobs listed on their profile. But what really captured my imagination was the following: “…while still a teenager, she headed back to New York to take up a life in the theater”. Margaret Dumont appeared with many comedians, including Jack Benny, Danny Kaye, Red Skelton, and W. C. Fields – but she is best known for her recurring role as the stodgy dowager straight man to Groucho Marx in many of the Marx Brothers‘ most popular films. Dumont made her stage debut in 1902, in The Beauty and the Beast in Philadelphia’s Chester Theater. There are 10+ professionals named "Marie-christine Dumont", who use LinkedIn to … No one could be as a good a straight person as Margaret Dumont without knowing what was going. Chico would be a faux Italian with all the associated lost-in-translation gags (see the Sanity Clause routine) and Harpo would be silent physical comedy accompanied by a horn and a harp. Her Husband was heir to a fortune in sugar and by all accounts life was pretty sweet. Dumont’s self assessment as ‘straight lady’ makes it abundantly clear that she knew exactly what was going on. Why? There’s an art to playing straight. This, I am entirely certain, is a lie. That bone structure and the dazzling smile. Marguerite Dumont, az erősen fals hangú, ám annál tehetősebb vagyonú francia hölgy rendszeresen "megörvendezteti" barátait hangversenyeivel. There’s a scene in the Marxes’ first film, The Cocoanuts, where Harpo lies on Margaret Dumont’s bed and signals to her, to which she replies something along the lines of “certainly not!,” as if she would ever have considered the idea. She was one great straight. “Scriptwriters build up to a laugh, but they don’t allow any pause for it. Thank you for taking the time to read my tribute, and for appreciating how fabulous Margaret was!! And I want to thank you for adding this to our blogathon. Consultez le profil complet sur LinkedIn et découvrez les relations de Michael, ainsi que des emplois dans des entreprises similaires. Nicola has 4 jobs listed on their profile. You can listen to that episode on Spotify by clicking here (follow and you will never miss an episode). I always suspected that underneath Groucho’s lazy, semi-funny humor there lurked a spirit of unalloyed meanness, and it seems my hunch was correct. View Sylvia Dumont’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. View Christian DUMONT’S profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Her final film role was as Shirley MacLaine’s mother in What a Way to Go! The Marx Brothers’ early films have a slightly dark and dangerous edge to them and Dumont is able to keep a bemused calm in the chaos. He had respect for many of his colleagues (particularly his writers), and tended to pay them tribute, in his own way. Marguerite has 1 job listed on their profile. I never got to the Cinefest and wish it were still an annual event… I look forward to exploring the link!! View Marguerite HUPE’S profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Christian has 1 job listed on their profile. And clearly the other comedians appreciated her, as they lined up to work with her! Throughout the seven films that she made with the Brothers, her character changed as little as theirs did. Thank you so much for your kind words, Michael!! LinkedIn; Copy Link; ... Catherine Frot, perform a magic trick of empathy that transforms Marguerite Dumont from a ludicrous dilettante into the most gallant of movie heroines. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Marguerite’s connections and jobs at similar companies. "Going to the fortune teller's was just as good as going to the opera, and the cost scarcely a trifle more - ergo, I will disguise myself and go again, one of these days, when other amusements fail." Over the next 12 years and five films—Duck Soup, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, At the Circus and The Big Store—she was the haughty, high-handed, wholly immovable object against which they threw every unstoppable force (including, in Duck Soup, tomatoes). I very much doubt that Groucho was intentionally slurring her. Consultez le profil complet sur LinkedIn et découvrez les relations de margaret, ainsi que des emplois dans des entreprises similaires. There's so much to talk about! Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Margaret has 3 jobs listed on their profile. (Dumont: “You must leave my room. Thank you so much for your extremely kind words, David!! Just crammed with stuff I didn’t know (like the Harris connection). She didn’t get the joke? In the podcast, I discussed the Brothers AND the blondes who so often shared the screen with them but I barely mentioned Margaret Dumont. He gave us a lot of laughter but he was a nasty piece of work. Thank you so much for your kind words!! He could be a harsh person, that’s for sure. The films of The Marx Brothers were a bit part of my childhood and were largely responsible for the development of my anarchic sense of humour, as well as my sense of style. I always figured that if Dumont was that clueless, why would should she always return? But even if Groucho thought she’d brought her own, why on earth would he be so nasty as to say so on national television? It was cruel, it was self-serving, and it was clearly untrue. I doubt though that she was paid as well as the Marx Bros! I prefer to think that Groucho’s ego simply got in the way of him letting go of a great joke: that Dumont was as clueless as her characters. Marguerite Dumont’s full report may contain information on how to contact them such as phone numbers, addresses, and email addresses. View Margaret Duffy’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Yes, why WAS Groucho so insistent on joking about her? Margaret Dumont’s professionalism and skill really shines on the screen. I found nothing. Like every year, an array of music lovers gathers around a great cause at the owner’s place. It suits the schtick for the public to believe that she was the genuine article, a woman truly unaware of the humour around her, but I believe that she was just a phenomenal actress. Immediately after recording the podcast, in which I said that I would have to write about Margaret Dumont, I hit up eBay and Amazon to order her biography. View nicola pugh’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. In the end, Margaret Dumont was one of the great straight people, and she deserved every credit she got. And she might just have treated Groucho’s perpetual comment as just one more laugh she could accept in her own inimitable style. Like you, I prefer to think Margaret Dumont was a lady who refused to dignify Groucho’s petty comments…instead of smacking him up the back of the head, which he deserved. For starters, she was from Brooklyn—where they grow trees, not saps. When classical conductor André Previn appeared in a comedy sketch with UK double act Morecambe and Wise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7GeKLE0x3s – please watch if you can), the advice he got was never to show he thought it was funny. This is why I find it so sad that there is nothing of note written about Margaret Dumont; the comedy of the Marx Brothers is dependent upon this reaction and upon some grounding in reality. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Margaret’s connections and jobs at similar companies. So why would the Marx Brothers use someone so clueless in seven films? See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Margaret’s connections and jobs at similar companies. She was a legend and, in my mind, still is. The young widow worked steadily on Broadway through the mid-1920s, when playwright George S. Kaufmann fell in love with her portrayal of a flighty matron in The Fourflusher. Voir le profil de margaret dumont sur LinkedIn, le plus grand réseau professionnel mondial. She was so much more than just a bit part player in Marx Brothers films… wasn’t she? I adore Dumont. We must have regard for conventions.” Groucho: “One guy isn’t enough. ❤. | Sister Celluloid, STREAMING SATURDAYS! I love these films deeply and they are a constant source of joy in my life. On March 6, 1965, just eight days after the episode was taped, she succumbed to heart failure at age 82. Grâce à LinkedIn, le plus grand réseau professionnel mondial, les professionnels comme Margaret Dumont peuvent découvrir des candidats recommandés, des experts du secteur et des partenaires commerciaux. View the profiles of professionals named "Margaret Dumont" on LinkedIn. A tribute to the immortal Margaret Dumont (Daisy Juliet Baker, 1882-1965). But while still a teenager, she headed back to New York to take up a life in the theater, first as Daisy Dumont, then as Marguerite, and finally Margaret. Maybe that’s why Dumont didn’t mind. View Fred Thomas-dumont’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. There are 7 professionals named "Margaret Dumont", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Marguerite Dumont. Her last appearance with Groucho was on an episode of the Hollywood Palace — and I understand she was smiling at the old repartee. Even one at her own expense. All was to come to an abrupt end when he died in the influenza epidemic of 1918. I couldn’t bear to just mention her as a part of a podcast about Groucho. I once read the book ‘The Marx Brothers Scrapbook,’ which consisted of lengthy interviews with Groucho and some of his contemporaries still living. Michael a 9 postes sur son profil. Groucho really WAS mean (his estate tried to get the book suppressed, I believe), and didn’t have a favorable opinion of women. Thank you! But most moviemakers were going West, and there was little doubt that when the boys headed to Hollywood, Dumont was going right along with them. Born Daisy Juliette Baker in October 1882, Dumont was sent South as a child to be raised by her godfather, writer Joel Chandler Harris of Uncle Remus fame.But while still a teenager, she headed back to New York to take up a life in the theater, first as Daisy Dumont, then as Marguerite, and finally Margaret. There was a misconception, fueled by Groucho himself, that Margaret Dumont did not get his jokes or the humour of the Marx Brothers. Marguerite has 2 jobs listed on their profile. Marguerite a 1 poste sur son profil. There are 4 professionals named "Marguerite Dumont", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. Great post, great piece of writing – love your description of Dumont as the “too, too solid center.” She really was that, she always held her own with Groucho. Marguerite sings. Wow! Great article, very well written, with excellent photos and video to round it all out. This was truly a labor of love, and I’m glad you and other kindred spirits enjoyed it and appreciate this wonderful, ubertalented lady!! I’m so glad that you talked about Lady Dumont! Margaret Dumont was born Daisy Baker in 1882. Come take a walk with me in Old Hollywood. Tags:baking, cake, fantasy bakes, glamour, Groucho Marx, Hollywood, Retro, The Marx Bros, Vintage, Vintage Style, vintage styling, I Would Love to Bake a Cake for... Margaret Dumont, Fantasy Bakes, I imagined baking a Red Velvet Cake for Groucho Marx. I don’t know who you are, but this is great stuff. Thanks for the great choice and engaging post. If I knew the answer to that I could probably cut my Ritalin costs in half. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Sylvia’s connections and jobs at similar companies. View Marguerite Henriot’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Aw, such a nice post. She either bamboozled Groucho into thinking that she actually was that matron, or — and I think this far more likely — commanded such admiration from him for her talents that he kept up the masquerade even after her death. The Marx Brothers movies were ‘structured’ around the misadventures of Groucho, Chico, and Harpo. Eccentric, philanthropic baroness Marguerite Dumont (Catherine Frot) has dedicated her life to music and performing for an entourage of vacuous, superficially adoring high society friends. . Voir le profil de Michael Dedieu sur LinkedIn, le plus grand réseau professionnel mondial. After all, this was a woman who always appreciated—and understood—a good joke. I do not know whether she did so out of necessity or desire. Yes, it’s clear from her performances that she understood every joke and nuance of the Marxes’ performances and reacted to them perfectly. She was a great artist and she clearly knew what she was doing in every regard. Now, I’m guessing that whenever a lady appeared on The Hollywood Palace, the producers left a bouquet in the dressing room. After all, you can’t get credit for something you don’t know you’re doing. And I agree with everything you said about Margaret. When she played the socialite so perfectly, it was largely due to the fact that she lived that life. The answer, I suspect, is that she was—not like the dowagers she played, but in a very real sense—a lady. She was the too, too solid center around which every plot, such as it was, revolved—her quicksilver features flickering from horror to amusement to affection to bewilderment and back again before you could say “Tuscaloosa.”. Step into John Barrymore’s Secret Hideaway, as Magical as the Man Himself, Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant: An “Indiscreet” Friendship, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7GeKLE0x3s, The Anti-Damsel Blogathon: Schedule!!! And I’m so glad you appreciate this wonderful, hilarious and modest woman! ( Log Out /  She is every inch the upstanding socialite from the movies and their 40 year partnership. Sadly, of the other films that she appeared in, none of them stand out as essential viewing. . She was a fearless spirit. Watch any on-screen exchange between Groucho and Margaret Dumont and tell me that she did not get the jokes. I am setting out to write a paper on Margaret Dumont and would appreciate using some of this information but need the proper citations. Marguerite has 3 jobs listed on their profile. But when Moller died suddenly in 1918, Dumont, who never remarried, turned back to the stage for solace. Further proof of proof be needed that Margaret Dumont did get all of the jokes was in her very last performance with Groucho. I obviously don’t know where you live, but I’m in Syracuse, NY, home of the Syracuse Cinephile Society and former home of the annual Cinefest. His stage name was well-earned of course. Bravo! Her timing is impeccable and she is so clearly a major part of why the humour works. She died in the days following the broadcast at the age of 82. But I can’t see the stove!” to a woman who knew what he meant? I wondered that myself, but his other comments about her over the years, which were downright nasty, dissuaded me from thinking the two of them had some sort of affectionate in-joke going on the subject. Marguerite has 1 job listed on their profile. Her reactions are spot on. In addition to being tons of fun to read!! See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Lee’s connections and jobs at similar companies. Talk about no good gag going unpunished…, In an interview with Dick Cavett several years later, Groucho dredged up the tired trope about Dumont not getting the jokes, and then recalled the 1965 TV session in especially ugly terms, claiming she behaved “as if she was still a big star,” sitting backstage clutching roses “that she probably bought herself.”. nicola has 1 job listed on their profile. Just a thought, your post made me ponder! I heard on one of Mark Maron’s podcasts that the straight man was always paid more than the clown in a comedy double act, because of how hard the acting was and how important it was to have an effective foil to the clown’s silliness. Marguerite’s education is listed on their profile. View the profiles of professionals named "Marie-christine Dumont" on LinkedIn. and her last TV performance was, appropriately, opposite Groucho in an update of the Captain Spaulding scene from Animal Crackers for The Hollywood Palace. What crazy trajectory of procrastination and ricocheting attention? Voir le profil de Marguerite Dumont sur LinkedIn, le plus grand réseau professionnel mondial. Fred has 2 jobs listed on their profile. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Margaret has 1 job listed on their profile. She had every opportunity to play it safe and live a life of relative ease, both as a young woman and then as a wife and after losing her husband. Her characters were definitely more aware of what was going on than viewers and critics–and, it seems, Groucho–gave her credit for. Personally, I would have imagined her to be left some of her Husband’s fortune so assume that her return to the stage was either to keep herself occupied or to return to her first love. Ask Abbott and Costello. And she was truly beautiful! - Mark Twain, Letter to Orion Clemens, February 6, 1861, Making amends, trying to not create new ones. View Josée Dumontet’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. I’m very happy you wrote this. All she needed was an audience. Consultez le profil professionnel de Margaret Dumont sur LinkedIn. Watch any on-screen exchange between Groucho and Margaret Dumont and tell me that she did not get the jokes. | the last drive in, Gladys Cooper Was a Pin-Up Girl… And Other Pix That Might Surprise You! Just to give her the last laugh, I bet Margaret Dumont didn’t lose all her money on the stock exchange in ’29. She gained a reputation in musicals on Broadway and was introduced to the Marx Brothers in 1925 as the perfect actress to play wealthy socialites Mrs Potter and Mrs Rittenhouse in their plays The Coconuts and Animal Crackers. That’s really quite funny, as you’ve expertly pointed out. I knew Groucho always claimed she didn’t know what she was doing (complete nonsense), but I didn’t know that cheap shot about buying her own flowers. I suggest you watch the Dick Cavett interview, available on YouTube, before you make that assumption. And I say that as someone who loves his work, and wishes I could love him, as a human being, more…. She knew exactly what she was doing and she played each part to perfection. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Nicola’s connections and jobs at similar companies. As a final word, from the very limited research that I have been able to do, I am going to leave you with a quote which proves without a doubt that Margaret Dumont got all of the jokes and was therefore a brilliant actress. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Margaret’s connections and jobs at similar companies. ♦ August 14, 2015 ❤. This was on a TV show called The Hollywood Palace, on which they reprise a scene from Animal Crackers. Consultez les profils des professionnels dénommés “Martine Dumont” qui utilisent LinkedIn. “I’m not a stooge, I’m a straight lady—the best in Hollywood. Nobody knows much about this woman except that she is rich and that her whole life is devoted to her passion: music. Dumont continued to work steadily through the 1950s, mostly in television, including with Martin and Lewis on The Colgate Comedy Hour and with Bob Hope and Dinah Shore on their variety shows. Marguerite Dumont Hodges Addresses Click Here For Marguerite Dumont Hodges's Current Address 13108 Mandarin Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32223-1748 5000 San Jose Blvd # 204, Jacksonville, FL 32207-1900 9800 Usaa Fredericksburg Rd, San Antonio, TX 78288 View Nicola Lockwood-Pugh’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Josée has 2 jobs listed on their profile. And it wasn’t only audiences who took notice. Conversations today could lead to opportunity tomorrow. Wear what you love, not what they say you should like. Margaret has 3 jobs listed on their profile. View Margaret Sheridan’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Yes indeed!! I was happy to sing her praises, lest anyone not realize her fabulousness!! I wrote this a while ago and honestly don’t remember all my sources except that I found them where I usually do, at the Billy Rose Library in Lincoln Center, where I do a lot of my research. By the 1940s, just about every funnyman in town was lining up to work with Dumont, including W.C. Fields (Tales of Manhattan and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break—where Fields romanced Mrs. Hemogloben at her mountain retreat), Abbott and Costello (Little Giant), Laurel and Hardy (Dancing Masters), Danny Kaye (Up in Arms), Red Skelton (Bathing Beauty) and Jack Benny (The Horn Blows at Midnight). That’s where I come in. Margaret Dumont was born on October 20, 1882, as Daisy Juliette Baker, and as a girl she sang on the stage in both America and … Talented but oh-so messed up. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Nicola’s connections and jobs at similar companies. As you might have guessed from her booming voice that somehow trilled at the same time, she also trained in opera, touring in America and Europe (as did W.C. Fields’ favorite foil, Kathleen Howard; more on her incredible life here). I recently bought the blu ray of the first few Marx Brothers films, which I had not seen for decades. Dumont claimed to have been raised in the South by her Godfather Joel Chandler Harris, collector and editor of the “Uncle Remus” stories, although she was born in Brooklyn.Trained in opera and dramatics in her youth, she made her vaudeville debut in 1902 as a singing comedienne in Atlantic City. Born Daisy Juliette Baker in October 1882, Dumont was sent South as a child to be raised by her godfather, writer Joel Chandler Harris of Uncle Remus fame. View Margaret Dumont’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. Dumont was indeed a lady about it! View Dumont Marguerit’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. How on earth did I find your wonderful blog and this article on Margaret Dumont? Cheers Joey. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Great post! And yes, you nailed it about Margaret. The personal information that is included in the full report could contain schools that they attended, degrees earned, and … Not far from Paris. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Bravo. (How could we ever root for Groucho if he said something like, “I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. You must build up your man, but never top him, never steal the laughs from him.”. Variously, Groucho would attempt to romance Margaret Dumont’s characters for their money (they were frequently wealthy widows), and ignore her romantic advances to chase a younger blonde. View Marguerite Dumont’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. You can listen to that episode on iTunes by clicking here (please subscribe, rate, and review if you can). View Marguerite Kaye’s profile on LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional community. I cannot quote get my head around this. This is just what Margaret Dumont does so naturally. Laugh at the serious stuff + stare blankly at the jokes, A continuation of moviemovieblogblog.wordpress.com...More of my thoughts on movies and pop culture, Smile! She’s gotta have a convention.”) She and the Marx Brothers reteamed on stage for Animal Crackers in 1928, and soon after, the whole troupe headed over the 59th Street Bridge to Astoria, Queens to shoot both plays as films for Paramount. “It is not therefore Margaret Dumont who failed to see the joke, but the Marx Brothers, their interpreters and biographers, who have been unwitting victims of a desperate practical joke played upon us for three-quarters of a century by that greatest of dissimulating comediennes.”. If you can ever find a copy, read it at least once; it’s a fascinating, disillusioning read. Truly enjoyed your piece. This was no dame who just fell off the back of a Bentley. Dumont had developed and maintained a persona as a clueless society matron who never realized she was the butt of the humor. margaret a 1 poste sur son profil. I’ve often wondered why, when Groucho leveled his insulting charges, Dumont didn’t buttonhole a reporter or two to defend herself.
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