Show Biz: An Entertainment History
name: label: Collection Artist
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Collection Collector
content: Marx, Groucho (Julius Henry), 1890-1977 (comedian)
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content: Groucho Marx Collection
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content: Groucho Marx Collection / Series 9: Audiovisual / 9.1: Moving Images
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Reels (16mm black and white optical track print (kinescope), 3,000 feet.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955 October 9
container: label: Container
content: Reel OF 269.16a
label: Container
content: Reel OF 269.16b
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images [31983000025528]
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content: Moving Images [31983000025601]
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content: Reels
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content: Description:  Creator: Broadcast on NBC

Performers: Groucho Marx (narrator), Art Linkletter (host), Rosemary Clooney, Dennis Day, Eartha Kitt, Beatrice Kay, Bert Lahr, Buster Keaton, Phil Harris, Melinda Marx, and Gordon Jenkins and his Orchestra 

Content: A 90 minute tribute to American "show business" that takes a musical look at the history of American entertainment from 1902.Melinda Marx sings a duet with her father. Songs include "This is the Army Mr. Jones," "You'll Never Walk Alone," and Rosemary Clooney singing "Rock Around the Clock." This kinescope also includes commercials for Sunbeam frypans and U.S. Rubber tires as well as a voice-over promo for the film, REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.