This is footage of a doubles tennis match held on July 13th, 1937 to celebrate the opening of the Beverly Hills Tennis Club. The game pitted Charlie Chaplin & Fred Perry against Groucho Marx & Ellsworth Vines. Chaplin and Perry won 6-1, 9-7. Other familiar faces in the video include Paulette Goddard and Douglas Fairbanks.
This is my edit of a longer version of the footage which can be found here. I also added some music (from A Dog's Life).
Note Charlie's left-handed tennis playing & Groucho's buff bod.
Nice job with the music! Groucho does look kinda buffed out - and I see him clowning about taking a nap or something on the court?
ReplyDeleteYes, evidently he spread out a picnic and then got into a sleeping bag.
ReplyDeleteCan you give me the link again for this video?? The one you posted doesn't work and I would like to have the video. Thanks
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